DPS Newsletter

Editor's Column-
Another successful DPS season is drawing to a close for several months to allow us to become Hundred Peakers and Sierra Peakers. Probably the most notable of all our last year's events in the field was the well-planned one during Thanksgiving weekend to Picacho del Diablo.
In conjunction with the Feb dramatic rescue of the Kellogg-Dart party, John Robinson and others en route climbed Blue Bottle Peak. His account is presented later in this issue.
Our membership has gained since last year, and the DPS Newsletter circulation this issue is about 135 copies. We have twenty non-member subscribers, and potential members. Then we have about a half-dozen complimentary subscribers, such as our LeConte Memorial Lodge in Yosemite National Park. We also have a representative of Sunset Magazine as a subscriber.

NEW BUSINESS
We are pleased to announce the recent-member Bob Herlihy has attained his Emblem status, after having submitted his list of DPS Membership. We salute you Bob!
As usual the June issue contains the current list of DPS Membership. We only remain active members of the Section so long as we keep up our Newsletter subscription, as provided in the By-Laws.
If you miss the name of some old-timer in the DPS list, prod them to put in their subscription to Sec'y Bob Van Allen.

TRIP REPORTS
Muddy Pk, Muddy Hi Point, and Arrow Canyon Mtns- Apr 8-9 -Arkel Erb
The intersection of Interstate 15 and New Highway 40 saw 12 DPSers on the morning of Sat Apr 8, located about 30 miles NE of Las Vegas. We Caravaned to within about 5 miles of the Muddy Hi point, where the road to the old Colorock Mine disintegrated within a quarter mile of the mine. We hiked to the saddle separating the Hi Point from Muddy Peak, passing many nice red rock formations and a natural arch, and a jug handle. We then followed the ridge eastward a bit then south off on a side ridge, along with some class three rock to the top of Muddy Pk, 5363'. This summit can be reached by a class 2 route from the east. Seven of the eleven Muddy Peakers continued on to do the Hi Point at 5432'. Our descent was down a canyon to the north where the route was "enhanced" by some almost too difficult dry waterfalls.
On Sunday the group, now numbering nine, motored to the Arrow Canyon Range. This mtn group is composed of a several-miles long ridge, with high spots just over 5000'. Four climbers, using a 1:250,000 topo sheet (which made everything seem basically at the same elevation), first climbed to a point about 5215', one-half mile south of the Arrow bench mark, 5205'. From here we saw a point to the south that looked slightly higher. So we dropped back to a saddle and did the top of the Arrow Canyon Range, 5226', where we found a cairn and register.
 
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