Martin/August/Virginia/Berry Peaks
As the Mowich Lake Road (November 10th, 2019) was nearing its closing date, I decided to bag 4 peaks in one outing, all basically accessed from the Boundary Trail. Surprisingly the Boundary Trail was in excellent shape all the way to a clearing marking a FS road end (out of the NP boundary). From this point the old Boundary Trail continues all the way to the Carbon River entrance, which I have yet to explore….perhaps in 2021. My sequence was Martin (4880’) first, then back on the Boundary Trail to August (4680’). In my iteration I back tracked on the Boundary Trail to then hit Virginia (4880’) and continuing on to Berry (5120’). However, one can choose to proceed directly to Berry from August. On my return from Berry I mistakenly started down the wrong ridge line ( see graphic) between Berry and Virginia; this path obviously led directly to August, which one could use to shortcut between these two peaks. I soon discovered my mistake and proceeded back the way I came. This was a good example of using GPS or compass to check position and direction of travel as wooded navigation pretty much looks the same. The blog post for these peaks can be found here.