10 miles of hiking • 2500' elevation gain •
Dog TH packed at 0900 on a Tuesday, and the flower show has not even begun yet! Drove around to the Northern Augsperger TH. I went up via Berge Road to sometimes rough 2700 (but you can also go up on the east side from Willard).
Only saw one other hiker on the Augsperger trail, it's a bit brushy, some snow in the trees just north of the summit, but trail not really necessary-just stay on ridge. A few miles south of summit, I turned off onto the powerline access road, heading northwest, trying to get to the "secret scree field"(zoomed in last picture). Didnt quite get there, but now have an approach figured out. The views from the northern mile of Augsperger are terrific, it's basically the whole Gifford! You can see from Table Mountain all the way to Adams. So much more to explore up here!
