Indian Peak

I bagged another west-desert peak over the weekend. At 9790 feet, Indian Peak is the high point of the Indian Peak Range in western Beaver County. To access the peak from the east you must travel through a State Game management area that used to be a Piute Indian reservation until they abandoned it in the 1930s. Much of the area is closed to motor vehicles this time of year to protect elk habitat. But I was able to throw my bike over the fence and ride to within a mile or so of the peak.
Like anywhere else in the West Desert of Utah, travel on miles and miles of dirt road are required to get anywhere.
I even had to dodge a few towering monsters along the way.

The sad remains of Lund, Utah, once a bustling and important stop on the Union Pacific.
The southern slope of Indian Peak - where old, tired trees come to die.
After several miles of biking and scrambling through some very thick Mountain Mohagany, I finally made it to the top. There is a register in the mailbox but I coudn't sign it - someone stole the pen.

Susie wasn't too happy about me taking the last slice of Bruno's pizza, but I had to reward myself somehow.

Final numbers: 15 mile/1500-feet elevation gain bike ride; 3 mile/2000 feet elevation gain hike; time: 5 hrs.

Click play above for a 360-degree view from the top.