"The very next day after the crazy cross-country madness of hiking the northeast slope up to Scodie Mountain, I had the original plan of doing the same up Pinyon Peak, also in the Scodies. However, the Scodie hike was much more difficult than I imagined it would be, so I decided to look across Walker Pass at a trail-all-the-way gig, and I knew Morris Peak would fit the bill. It did. Instead of starting right at Hwy 178 at the pass, where at the time, I didn't see the good parking area off the side of 178, I started from Walker Pass Campground a little farther n.w. I climbed up the PCT, crossed 178 at Walker Pass, and took the route up and up. It was like a walk-in-the-park feeling compared to the X-C up Scodie! It was a much longer distance, but it was 20X easier than scrambling up scree and loose granite dirt! I reached the saddle between Morris and 6980. There was a fire ring at the saddle, and a faint use path that seemed to peter out quickly in the pinyon pines. I started along it, and when it seemed to disappear, I felt the deja-vu of yesterday! I thought: "o.k., here we go again like yesterday with the loose X-C," but after I went uphill 40' I saw the use path again ..." — brianpowell • Apr 5, 2019