"Where Cleghorn Rd meets Hwy 138, I parked and began the hike. Despite it being a high clearance auto access road, I used 100% foot power to get to the peak and back. Had the peak to myself as well (probably since the summit area was off limits to motorized vehicles)." — MikeTeeples • May 27, 2023

"Chill mtb ride up Cleghorn Mountain from Hwy 138. After yesterday, the graded road and lack of gnats were welcome changes. Super clear day, could see all the way to the southern Sierra." — edg • Aug 28, 2022

"HPS directions include two possible ways to get to the starting point, and both include driving on long dirt roads before setting out on foot. My usual go to sites had similar information. However, when looking on Google Maps, I see that a forest road goes from Highway 138 all the way to the summit. This is an established jeep and dirt bike driving route into the mountains. Additionally, since the mileage isn't a deal-breaker, could somebody simply hike the forest road? Since nobody else was giving me this information, I decided to find out for myself. To reach my starting point, I exited Interstate 15 and drove 3.6 miles east to Cleghorn Road on the right. I'm not sure if the road was signed, but it is a dirt road that has a wide turn out off Highway 138 (for reference, the starting point for Peak 4276 is right across the highway). I got off Highway 138 and parked in the dirt before passing through the gate. At about 8 AM, I started walking up the road. I passed a staging area in a half-mile, which is also a good starting point since the dirt road leading there seemed rather gentle. With the early start, the motorized traffic was nearly zero for the first few miles...." — MikeTeeples • May 30, 2020

"I hiked Cleghorn on a 5-peak bike-and-hike in the area. But to fit this peak into the plan, I had to improvise a new route to the top. I left the car in Silverwood Lake SP, where the pavement ends on Cleghorn Rd (2N49), and took the MTB slowly up the grade to Cleghorn Pass. From there, the peak is only ~0.6 horizontal miles and 900 ft vertical away, but I couldn't find a report of a route between the pass and the peak. From the satellite imagery, there appeared to be a steep, but mostly brush-free gully just west of the pass. So I dropped the bike to check it out. From the pass, I followed an old road bed west about a tenth of a mile to where it crossed the gully. I had to thrash uphill through brush for a hundred feet or so, but eventually the gully opened up. Sometimes it was a bushwhack, other times a sand slog, but mostly it was a decent class 2 scramble and I was up to the ridge road in 30 mins. A few hours with a hand saw to clear the fallen oaks and this would be a totally decent route to the summit. When I got back to the bike, I was a little cut up and found a handful of ticks on me, but mostly happy that the gamble worked out. After Cleghorn, I went on to summit Cajon, Su..." — klotito • Mar 31, 2018

"If you love sweeping alpine vistas, abundant wildlife and majestic peaks rising above picturesque valleys, then this hike is not for you. It's a crappy forest road all the way to the top, which has been beaten into dusty, rutted submission by the abundant traffic of dirt bikes. Add to this the total absence of trees, occasional garbage and humming power lines, and you get the picture." — jimduvall • Aug 12, 2013