"From Vincent Gap, I picked up the forest road that goes uphill (the one next to it goes downhill). I followed the directional sign for Pinyon Ridge. The road eventually arrives at the ridge at a junction. A left at the junction gradually elevates to the high point. A short off trail jaunt to the right led me to the register can (which had no pad or paper in it). Now I can’t prove I was actually there?" — MikeTeeples • Jun 24, 2023

"After reading the many previous reports, I wasn't expecting much from a visit here. However, unlike most of the others, I took HPS route 3 from Vincent Gap. The route follows forest roads that travels through a shaded forest of tall pine trees. This is also what I call an "equal opportunity hike", where it climbs the same amount of elevation to the peak as it does on the way back to the parking lot. The route is very pleasant and scenic, probably one of the most scenic of any other hikes I did all year. I seriously doubt if peakbaggers really care about pleasant walks or scenery in their climbs, but route 3 gives that opportunity. After spotting the "AA10" yellow fin on the side of the road, I left the road along a use trail near this marker. The lightly worn use trail leads to the summit register on the ridge. I returned the same way while concluding a rather lazy Saturday morning of HPS hiking." — MikeTeeples • Sep 15, 2018

"After hitting up Kratka Ridge (7,515'), a quick and easy hike, I wanted to drive to and hit another area, like Pinyon Ridge. Pinyon Ridge (6,535') is that semi-arid long lonely ridge well off to the north from (and easily visible from) the middle high country (Mt. Islip to Mt. Baden Powell). The trailhead I took was slightly higher in elevation than the actual summit of the ridge, so there is a fair amount of climbing on the way back but nothing too steep or hard. I consider it a moderate difficulty hike. I hiked the dirt road north, the uphill one, from Vincent Gap, gaining about 400 feet in about 1.5 miles. At this high point (about 6,900' elevation), take the left fork downhill (signed for Pinyon Ridge). After rounding a ridge, the forest thickens up dramatically from mostly Jeffrey Pines, then Jeffrey Pines, White Firs, Sugar Pines, Black Oaks, Canyon Live Oaks, Bigleaf maples, Bigcone Douglas-Firs, several young rogue Giant Sequoias, and a few Incense-Cedars, as the trail loses about 500'-600' gradually. Then, the road is out in the sun as it hits the low point of about 6,250'-6,300' elevation.. Take the left fork again as it steeply rises around to the left (to the w..." — brianpowell • Oct 29, 2017

"Least favorite HPS peak to date. HPS route 1 is essentially non-existent, with only the faintest of tread here and there of an old trail. After sneaking through the YMCA camp, I essentially ended up going full XC directly up the loose, crappy slope. Intermittent brush on way up followed by heavy brush at the "summit". Never found the register anywhere along the ridge. Came back down HPS route 4, a firebreak on the north ridge. This is a _much_ better way to climb and descend this dumb bump." — edg • Apr 30, 2017

"Kind of a crap peak. Took Route 1 from the YMCA camp. The trail is pretty much gone, so I just did a direct assault up the steep slope. Found a small carin at the summit. No register to be found, but teh position was confirmed with a SPOT device.Views were meh. Route finding and the scree plunge-stepping on the way down were the highlights." — klotito • Feb 27, 2016

"I attempted to follow HPS route 3, but there's a bad direction (a mention of a right turn at a junction that is no longer there). In my uncertainty, I doubled, then tripled back (adding about 3 miles of extraneous hiking) before figuring out that I needed to continue onward...finally made it to the summit. My advice to hikers is to simply follow the driving directions in HPS route 2." — HikerMark • Jul 11, 2015

"Decided to celebrate the solstice/ full moon the only way I knew how. Decided to knock this peak off while I still had a lot of daylight. The trail getting up to the saddle is very hard to find and follow, I just wound up bushwacking up a drainage which worked well. The summit register was literally a few scraps of paper in a ziplock bag under a rock." — Christopher • Jun 21, 2013