"Steep. If I had to pick one word to describe this hike, it would be "steep." It's also gorgeous, beautiful, amazing, incredible... the Toiyabe range deserves plenty of superlatives. But I think most people would agree that "steep" is pretty objective. This was my second time here, as we had been thwarted by weather almost exactly a week before. But since weather definitely thwarted our Shasta plans even harder (70mph sustained and 100mph gusts? NO THANK YOU MA'AM SIR), we headed back up to the Toiyabe range and got Arc Dome the day before and then took on Bunker as a "recovery" hike. You know, as "recovery" as ~3600' gain is, when it's this steep. So, it wasn't fast. We plodded. Well, *I* plodded. Sniveled a bit because I was tired and sore. But we kept moving upward. And then... like a bad memory, like deja vu in the worst way, rain rolled in. And hail. And we ended up bundled up in two rain layers. We finally made almost-the-summit... took the bait and lure of the first bump... had to climb back down, and then hid from the howling wind driving the rain and hail behind whatever that building was near the solar panels. Ate lunch while mostly sheltered from the worst of the wind. Th..." — psychikingjes • Jun 5, 2022

"Made it to the ridgeline about 1000' below the summit and had to turn around due to high winds. We got on the trail around 7:30ish AM, and we parked down at the edge of the road through the canyon and hiked the way up to the actual sort-of-trailhead at the end of the road. It was a gloomy and blustery day, but we were hopeful. When we started the hike, we could see Bunker Hill. However, the farther up we went, the less and less we could actually see of the summit. We were really hoping that conditions would get better throughout the day, rather than worse. Sadly, that is not what happened. By the time we got up to the ridgeline prior to the summit push, we had thick gloves on and as many windbreak layers on to protect us from the howling wind and snow pelting us, and we couldn't hear each other except by shouting right at each other's faces over the roaring and howling of the wind. The summit was completely socked in by clouds, and the wind was enough to start pushing me over (I could lean into the wind and be supported, which isn't a fun feeling on a ridgeline). We waited a few moments, huddling behind a rock, in the hopes that the wind would die down, as we had already gone up 29..." — psychikingjes • May 28, 2022

"Spur of the moment hike after we had to bail on original plans. We started on NF-012 and headed east up a ridgeline following a faint trail. From the ridgeline we hurried to the top as thunderstorms started to roll in. Spent 2 min on the summit then we were chased off by thunder. It started to rain heavily on our way down but we made it out alright." — seancasserly • Jul 8, 2017

"Great Hike with pleasant Temperature, Although a little Snow on the Ridgeline it was nice, South Summit has the Register although it seems like the North Peak is Higher and also has a Register, Climbed both Peaks just to be sure. Little scrambling on loose Rocks on the Ridge between the Peaks. " — Nuernberger • May 29, 2015

"Drove up from Vegas after work on Friday. Set up camp & got to sleep around midnight. Decided to sleep in, since this was a short hike, so we got up around 7am. We headed up the creek, then eventually gained the ridge, which we took up to the summit. This hike was STEEP, but beautiful. Couldn't ask for better weather. Didn't feel like we were in Nevada." — Kevin • Jul 12, 2014