Mystery at Iron Bog
Courting the Cornice, photo by Rick Baugher.
Iron Bog Peak, photo by Rick Baugher.
Iron Bog Peak, photo by Rick Baugher.
Anticlimactically, two weeks later on 5/14/00, I returned to do my previous snowshoe route on skis. Ate lunch on the blustery summit, then 3 pin telemarked down Iron Bog Peak's south facing bowl in flat light. Ho hum, another day at the office.
View N to Iron Bog Peak on 10/10/06. My May 2000 ski descent came down the peak's south bowl, tucked away on right side of photo.
Iron Bog Peak el 10800', prom 460', has no name and no spot elevation on the Smiley Mountain quad. This view up Iron Bog Creek shows the peak's imposing east face, probably a couple of hours before it was skied on 4/30/00. On a clear day you can see this face from the foothills east of Idaho Falls, a distance of 100 miles.