For this peak, I went out and camped out near the Agua Caliente Staging Area since it is BLM land. I figured instead of waking up early and driving all the way to woolsey peak the next morning, why not go the night before and have a nice camp closer to woolsey peak.

Now the road to the starting area in woolsey peak is not easy. So I called in a friend who I hadn't seen or hiked with in a while (since I last did Battleship Mountain!) and asked if he would be interested in doing this hike and also driving us to the start location. Luckily, he was very happy to join me and we put in his 4x4 high clearance vehicle to work. My small hybrid corolla could never even get close haha.

Once we found a solid starting area, it was time to get going. We parked close to what seemed like a road that led up to the base of the mountain. It was along a fence that kept cattle in so we just walked on that road until we reached the base and the fence ran out. From there, it was very straightforward. It was definitely steep, but a lot of huge boulders to easily hop and climb. It definitely is a choose your own adventure type of hike with a few scattered cairns up and down. The rocks were somewhat loose in some areas, but most of the time the boulders were pretty sturdy and easy to step on. However, it was never technically difficult as most of the climb was either a low to moderate class 2 scrambling. There are definitely some areas and options to do class 3 moves but generally that is never the case. If you found yourself in an area where you NEED to do class 3 or 4, then youre not doing an optimal route. Turn slightly back and find an easier route!

Once at the summit, you are rewarded with some incredible 360 views. The first immediate landmark was a man made circle formation next to the geo survey. This is where my friend Aaron and I sat, had some snacks, and had some celebratory beer. Next to this circle formation is another man made trail with rocks lining it on each side to simulate a path that takes you to the neighboring summit just a couple feet away. Here you will find a lot of writings on the rocks that dates back to the 1930s, and hidden around here you'll find a summit log. The summit log is in a small jar with a single graphing paper with some names and dates. I assume it has been difficult to find for others and so there's not too many names. But some dates did go back all the way to the early 2000s (if my memory serves me right at least lol)

From there, there is a group of cairns that we decided to somewhat follow on our way back down that started next to the rocks with writing on them. But around halfway we lost the cairns and it turned into another "choose your own path" type of hike and so thats what we did until we reached back to the car.

Oh and to our surprise we did end up finding a lost wallet on this middle of nowhere hike where I went and drove to the address listed on the wallet and returned it. I had never found a wallet before so it was kind of crazy for me to find a wallet in an area that seems to be rarely hiked. All in all it was a great hike and took about 5 hours round trip.

This is also my first time adding a GPX file so going to try and keep that habit going forward. My official recording however is on AllTrails here: https://www.alltrails.com/explore/recording/woolsey-peak-2ecd2bd