"I parked in a shady spot across Angeles Crest Highway at the Buckhorn Campground exit. I crossed the highway and wasn't sure I was at the right spot to begin the hike. I found a dilapidated gate and guessed that it was the right spot. As I walked further in, the use trail eventually became an old service road. The road headed west toward the Waterman Mountain area. Along the way is Peak 7190. While enjoying the really nice scenery, I overshot the turnoff point for the peak. Instead, I turned it into a two peak hike, by including Peak 7243. I did this unintentionally, since at a certain point I figured it was time finally leave the old road and go cross-country. In doing so, I climbed to the summit of Peak 7243. I didn't find a fire ring, which I had seen in photos, so at that point I figured this was a different summit. I did find a wooden post lying on the summit rocks, but I didn't notice anything written on it. I then started looking to the east, in the direction I came, and I saw a summit that I did not visit. As it turned out, this was Peak 7190. I returned to the dirt pathway and found a use trail leading up the slope at the base of Peak 7190. This quickly turned into..." — MikeTeeples • Jun 30, 2019

"Short but steep climb up from the Buckhorn Campground Exit. I crossed the highway from the exit of the camp and found an old road bed heading south towards a low saddle east of the summit. As the road begins curving right (west), I found a use path that goes south and then also west climbing towards the summit. It then circumnavigates the summit area to the west, and heads up south past a small ski club hut, and then curves east to the summit where there is a fire ring. Taken by itself, Peak 7190 is a very short and easy hike with a few sections of loose soil along the way, similar to hiking Kratka Ridge from Vista Picnic Area which is nearby. 7190 is the summit immediately west of the Kratka Ridge complex, and the aforementioned saddle separates both mountains, so a very steep cross-country ascent of Kratka from the west may be possible! After 7190, I passed over a small bump just to 7190's west, and followed the ridge west along a sometimes discernible use path that passes near an old ski lift line to another saddle where the Waterman Trail joins in from the north and heads west. I followed the Waterman Trail, taking a short cross-country detour to visit Waterman Benchmark ..." — brianpowell • Sep 23, 2018