2.1 mi to summit
5.5 mi total
3,596 ft start
5,730 ft max
2,044 ft gain
2 hr 9 min to summit
4 hr 22 min total
The pullout had dirt Piles that looked like they were there to discourage parking. Pictured above. Can’t tell if I liked this one or not .Half of it was some desert slog to get to the canyon with lots of cactus and annoying brush until you get about halfway up the canyon. It then turns into some really fun rock scrambling to the summit . Book has it described as difficult route finding , that is no longer the case as cairns are plentiful and can be followed right up to top. The way up was a bit harder than coming down, must have followed some different cairns down. Pretty sore I ran out of daylight to get fork peak too but only had about 30 minutes till sunset when I was standing on sandstone . Took way longer than I thought it was very slow moving the whole time . Whoever puts the funny cards in these registers is a hero shoutout to the math phd’s out there
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If "the book" is Ramble's and Scrambles" by Purcell, he is talking about the convoluted route through Sandstone Canyon, which I showed him in 2009 (?). The route up the East side is due to Richard N. and Joseph D., and is indeed well-cairned. The people who bought Bonnies Springs have put up birms, but in fact do not actually own most of the road (County Assessor's Office has maps that prove that). When you get just past the (untrue) no trespassing sign, you can just cut N into the desert a bit. But this is Vegas, developers lie all the time. The construction folks have tried to boot people off, but here is an older map: https://hwstock.org/sstrav17/html/00map.htm . I put that card there in 2006, when we put the first register up there. Another fellow lugged the ammo box up there. Since COVID, the Spring Mt Ranch has forbidden people to go over their state land; they used to let people park down there, pay the day fee, and go up the canyon unescorted.