"Parked on a dirt road off Old Wilson Road. From there, I walked 1.6 miles to the Wilson Trailhead (rather than sacrificing my vehicle on the dirt road). Once on the official trail, it was another 4.5 miles or so to Wilson Benchmark. The last half mile involved some x-country. On the way back, I took the short diversion to Pinyon Ridge. I didn’t scramble up the summit boulder, but I did reach up to touch the top. Finally, I climbed to the top of Camel Rock at the end of the hike. This small summit was right near where I parked." — MikeTeeples • Dec 11, 2021

"Started out the day looking to bag my latest LPC summit (Wilson Benchmark) but it didn’t quite work out. I parked about a half mile from S22 at a parking area and walked the dirt Culp Valley Rd for over 2.5 miles to reach the Wilson Trailhead. The old Jeep route known as the Wilson Trail was easy to follow while rising gradually toward Pinyon Ridge. I didn’t bring documentation with me, but I knew that Wilson Benchmark was beyond the Pinyon Ridge highpoint. I went about a half mile beyond Pinyon Ridge and climbed a prominent high point which at the time I assumed was Wilson Benchmark (I was wrong). Afterwards, I headed back and did a quick cross country route to the top of Pinyon Ridge. I felt good about completing the two peaks that I set out to climb for the day. Once I came home and read reports and studied gps tracks, I soon realized that I missed Wilson Benchmark by nearly a mile. Looks like I will be back again to do it right someday!" — MikeTeeples • Jun 22, 2019

"2nd peak of 2-peak traverse including Wilson Benchmark, OC Hiking Club hike. With Peggy Park, Patrick ONeil, Craig Barlow, Vincent Vu el al. 1.5 mile ascent w/300' gain from Wilson BM on trail and x-country. Class 2 summit block." — BradStemm • Feb 2, 2013

"We snagged Pinyon Ridge on the way back to the trailhead from Wilson Peak. We didn't see a defined route to the peak, but it is pretty clear where to break off the Wilson Jeep trail as you are heading east from Wilson Peak. Climbing the boulders at the peak was pretty fun! " — benjineer • Jan 28, 2012