"Turned into a longer day than expected, but a good day! I was surprised - I shouldn't have been, but I was - by how many vehicles were there at the Piestewa trailheads by 7:00 AM. It was morning twilight, but the sun hadn't risen yet, and there were already at least 100 cars, if not more. The trail was BUSY - something that I had read about, but it was... It wasn't quite as busy as Angel's Landing in Zion a few years ago (I haven't been back since ~2018ish, and as far as I know it's been infinitely worse, hence why it's now a permitted hike), but it was well-traveled, to say the least. Tons and tons of people. I made it up to the summit - it was WINDY. About knocked me over a few times. The condition of the trail, for those who haven't been there, is a lot of stair-stepping. And dodging of people of various hiking skill/ability. After spending a little time at the top, eating some energy chews, taking some selfies, and then getting tired of the wind, I headed back down, which felt a lot better, cardio-wise, and then came back down to the split off from the #300/Summit Trail and the #302/Freedom Trail. From there... I went into loop after loop! I got lost a few times, had a few fals..." — psychikingjes • Jan 29, 2022

"My friend Trinidad and I hiked this in the early afternoon, with temperatures approaching 100. Our wives watched the kids at his place while we made the short drive over here to get a hike in. The immediate views were nice, but anything further was obscured by the hazy skies. I'm hoping for some clearer skies soon. " — ZachTeich • Sep 20, 2020

"Started at Dreamy Draw Trailhead and hiked eastwards through trail 100 until I reached the peak. A map was helpful to know which other trails to take if necessary. I approached the peak from the west and went up to the summit following a trail up. I then climbed down using the northern trail from the peak and headed back to my car." — easotelo1 • Mar 13, 2020

"Decided at the last minute to summit this peak as I was doing a longer loop hike through the area (trail 100 to 8 to 1A). Several trails come up from the west end of the ridge and a rocky trail follows the ridge to the tallest prominence. The ridge part of the trail was kinda fun." — lawrencebaker • Oct 16, 2016