is a cross-range shuttle, with an ascent of Picacho del Diablo! Half the group would start from the east side and ascend Canyon del Diablo, the other half would come in from the west via the Melings and cross the plateau to Blue Bottle. We would meet at Camp Noche in the canyon, climb El Picacho, exchange car keys, and continue on our way, traversing the San Pedro Martir in both directions. Anybody interested in this??

ED. NOTE: John Robinson furnished a beautiful map relating to his trip which is just too detailed for reproduction here. A collection of his maps of Baja should be reproduced by DPS.


CLARK MTN & NEW YORK MTN    APRIL 5-6    John Vitz/Jerry Haven

We met at 8:30 at the Mountain Pass Mine 39 miles east of Baker for the start of the caravan to the roadhead for Clark. As the leader had not been there for a couple of years he had made a scouting trip to the roadhead earlier that morning which proved a good thing because some new roads had been pushed through the area. All the cars made it with little difficulty even though there were a number of rather rocky spots. From the roadhead we proceeded to the north into a gully, over a waterfall and up the talus and scree slopes below prominent band of cliffs to a chute where the cliffs intersect the east-west summit ridge. Some time was spent getting the group of 29 up this chute as there was quite a bit of loose rock. This obstacle passed, the summit was gained in good time, that being about two hours overall. It was cold and windy on top and before we could leave it started to snow lightly.

After returning to the cars we caravaned in two groups around the east side of the New York Mountains to a campsite on the south side. The wind velocity had increased somewhat and it looked as though it were going to be a cold night. However, there were a number of wind-sheltered campsites available. It was still gusty the next morning and clouds were blotting out the sun from time to time causing it to be rather chilly. We hiked up the jeep trail to the Giant Ledge Mine from which we followed a gully westward, past the south side of the prominent east pinnacle, and ascended to the summit ridge just south of the top. From here we turned the corner to the west and north and followed a scrambling route diagonally up and left across the west face. The last 30 feet is easy third class and all but three people decided to give it a go. It was very cold and windy on the summit so we retreated to the south shoulder where we had lunch. The climb had taken slightly more than two hours, so that everyone was back at the cars
 
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