"This is an off trail scrambling adventure that takes you up the goldfield ridgeline up to temptation peak and back down to the bulldog saddle trail and back to the car. My girlfriend and I parked at the Meridian Trailhead at the north end of Meridian Road in Apache Junction. There were plenty of cars already parked as this seems to be a popular area so parking was somewhat limited but I managed to get lucky and get a spot. The route I followed was to approach the peak counterclockwise where I would start my hike at the bulldog saddle trail and take an immediate right until I reached the southern terminus at the end of the series of mountains. From there there is a cairn that marks the end of the established trail and starts going up an extremely faint use trail. I did end up losing this trail multiple times but would randomly meet up with it in our adventure. Once we reached the ridgeline there is a rather large clearing where my girlfriend commented it would be great to take some of our gear up there and camp since we already had some pretty incredible views to our south. From there, the route up starts to become rather scrambly with some very fun easy class 3 moves with v..." — easotelo1 • Feb 3, 2024