My friend Brett and I took the typical PCT to crest, and cross-country to the summit boulders. It was a delightful Wednesday, quiet and peaceful. I was surprised to see 2 other hikers on that day heading back to Bird Spring Pass where we parked as we started our ascent. The dirt road drive was LONG off Highway 14. It is passable for cars if driven carefully. The hike is super scenic ascending the Scodie Mountains' crest. You basically start in high desert and very sparse Joshua Tree/Pinyon woodland at 5,380' at the pass. Then, the Joshua Trees fade out at about 6,200', and a lovely stunted woodland of pinyons takes over, with Canyon Live Oak thickets popping in soon thereafter. Before reaching the crest, you get to look up a rugged, ragged bowl that is super beautiful, and when you reach the crest, then the southern Sierras come into view, as well as a nice chunk of desert. To get to the summit, I saw a tiny rock duck and left the trail and made a free-for-all climb to the ridge in a generally westerly direction, and followed the ridgeline northish to the high point where there are survey markers on the boulders. The boulders are super easy to scramble. We returned the way we came. It was nice to visit a range we had never hiked before. Hike was roughly 8 mi r/t with about 1750' gain.