"Birthday peakbagging bonanza! Okay, maybe not as bonanza-y as last year, but I still got to go hiking for my birthday weekend and that's all that matters. :) Considered West O'Leary and Darton Dome, but both were very steep and I really wasn't feeling it. I can come back for them later, another day. Weather was gorgeous; it was a bit breezy in downtown Flagstaff, but up in the hills it was quite nice. O'Leary is very straightforward; you park at the trailhead at the O'Leary Group Campground right outside the entrance to Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument, and follow a very well-maintained forest service road to the lookout tower about 5 miles up the road. Very slight downhill at the beginning of the hike, but most of the rest is a climb. The steepest part occurs when you've reached the saddle between Darton Dome and O'Leary peak; at that point, you've done most of the mileage, but still have half of the gain left in the hike. The views on the way up are incredible, both of Sunset Crater Volcano to the south and east and the San Francisco peaks to the west. On the way back down, we found the old jeep road (honestly, if it hadn't been for the cables trying to further block it of..." — psychikingjes • Oct 9, 2021

"After sticking to the service road all the way up to the O’Leary’s, I kept an eye open while plotting the right point in which to go cross country to Robinson Peak. When I found the ideal place to start, I was surprised to see that it was also an old overgrown Jeep trail. I followed the faint roadway to the ridge-line. I then followed the ridge to the summit. This was a fun trek that served as a nice break from the carefully managed service road." — MikeTeeples • Jul 23, 2019