Mt Rose summit hike with the girls, 23 Aug 2025
Ingrid and I met a trio of college age girls at the Z Bar a few weeks ago, and we offered to take them to the top of Mt Rose. I never expected to hear from them again, but they were game and wanted to go.
It was a very long day because we took a long lunch break at the Wilderness sign and also at the top. We knew thunderstorms were forecast for the afternoon, but I wasn’t concerned since I assumed we’d be off the mountain by noon. In fact, we watched the storm move in from the south as we stood on the summit, and hurried back down in the rain and thunder. Once we were back down to the meadow the rain slacked off and the thunder and lightening seemed to be behind us. We got back to the parking lot at 3:30, which was kind of nuts. But everyone had a good time.