We talked Nathan Cox into doing hike with us! This county high point is for Garfield county. There were actually two goals here, the highest point is called Mount Ellen high point, and it is a point along the ridge. Then, a little further there is Mount Ellen Peak. It's about 16 feet lower than the ridge point, but it looks taller. So we had to do both.
The mailbox where you sign in is on the ridge. We should have turned around here, but Dean and I decided we also wanted to do Mount Ellen Peak. (the peak right behind me in this photo) There were thunder storms all around us, and you can see from the pictures, there was no place to hide from the storms.
While we were hiking the peak, there were terrible wind gusts! One of which blew both Dean and I over. We hurried and snapped a picture, and got off the peak!
From this angle, the peak looks like the high point, (the cone shape just right of the middle of mountain) but there is a place on the ridge that is higher.
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