My brother Mark descending what would’ve been a nice hike.
13 DECEMBER 2025 W6/ND-326
| Elevation: | 3,330′ |
| Route: | Cross country |
| Hike Distance: | 1 mile round trip |
| Elevation Gain: | 460′ |
| Navigation: | Easy |
| Steepness: | Moderate |
| Vehicle: | Passenger car |
| Road: | Good dirt road |
| Cell Coverage: | Excellent Verizon |
WARNING: This hike is in a very POPULAR TARGET SHOOTING AREA. Our experience was that the shooters were less than careful. One nearby group was firing so high in the air that we not only heard the report of the firearms but we could hear the bullets whistling through the air on the summit. I suspect midday Saturday is not a good time to try this summit. Perhaps very early in the morning and/or on a weekday would be better.
It’s really too bad because this is otherwise a really nice easy hike to an interesting geologic summit with a cool view.
As Hal N6JZT and Jeff AA6XA previously noted the drive to the trailhead is on the north side off an unnamed road. Turn west off the Mojave/Tropico Road at 34° 55′ 44.62″ N, 118° 12′ 44.64″ W. Then between 57 Street West and 60th Street West (34° 55′ 44.71″ N, 118° 14′ 12.01″ W) turn south and drive as far as you are comfortable on an increasingly steep dirt road.
The hike was short and enjoyable. Just follow the use trail that leads up and to the left over very interesting breccia clasts and other igneous conglomerates.
The summit has a series of igneous blocks the proved to be quite useful dodging the bullets. One party below set up and proceeded to fire in our direction. We yelled down but it only seemed like they were aiming at us after that as projectiles continued to whizz through the air.
Radios conditions were good and I was treated to a joint activation summit-to-summits from a whole herd of SOTA Mountain Goats: Josh WU6H, Darryl WW7D, Elliot K6EL and Peter WB6POT on Mount Davidson in San Francisco. First time activator Paolo K1PAP was over on Mount Waterman with Lorene W6LOR and Mike K6STR. I wish I could have stayed longer on this summit!
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