Friday morning, July 29th, we set out from the Rock of Ages Trailhead at 4:30am. It took us 1.45 minutes to reach the saddle at rock of ages. Only a few small sections of snow on the rock of ages trail but totally avoidable. Took a small break at the saddle to access our route up the north slope of el diente and then across the traverse to mount wilson. There is still snow in the north coulior on diente, crampons would have been nice, but the snow was avoidable on the east side of the coulior. The snow was still bullet proof while we ascended at 8am. we reached the diente summit at 9:15am and then started back towards towards mount wilson. Reached mount Wilson summit by 11am, no snow on the route across at all. We headed down mount Wilson after a short break on top. As we headed down it started to snow for about 20 mins and then the storm moved on. By the time we regained the rock of ages saddle it was 1:25 but the skies looked clear enough for an attempt at Wilson Peak. We were up and down Wilson Peak in 1 hour and 15 minutes round trip from the rock of ages saddle. We slowly walked back to the trailhead in no rush. Back at the trailhead about 4:30pm. Solid day with lots of elevation but fun route
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