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[[underline]] Aug. 11. [[/underline]]  Went up [[underline]] Truchas Peak [[/underline]], or the one that has the monument on it and seems to be the highest of its group.  Another on the same ridge a mile to the north is apparently just as high, but we did not go on it because a storm was gathering.  
Aneroid at camp read 11600 feet, on Baldy saddle 12000 feet, at timberline where we left the horses 12300 feet, on top of Truchas 13000 feet. The peak is marked 13306 feet, but we did not stay on top long enough for the aneroid to come up.  While the main S.W. timberline is 12300 feet a few Piceas straggle up to 12600 on sheltered S.E. slopes.

The climb was easy & the peaks are beautifully sodded over with alpine plants.  We hoped to find Ptarmigan & Leucosticte but it was too windy & raw & cold.  There were lots of Anthus pennsylvanicus at the top & an Arctomys had dug a hole under the monument.  There were Thomomys hills on the very top & we heard Ochotona a few feet down in the rocks.  Saw one track & considerable sign of Ovis montanus.