"Dirt roads through Pinyon Pines area are nicely graded and easily passable for all cars. Once you hit the National Forest boundary the road quickly becomes 4wd. I parked and walked the extra mile to the base of the gully. There are braided use trails in the gully and on both sides, the terrain is solid enough that any line works. Fun summit rocks with amazing views of San Gorgonio, San Jacinto, the entire Desert Divide, Santa Rosa, Toro, Martinez, all the way to Rabbit and the north end of the Salton Sea. One of the most enjoyable short HPS peaks." — edg • Feb 18, 2025

"Drove to the end of Jeroba Drive and started hiking on the jeep trail toward the peak. When the dirt road bent sharply to the left, I left the road and went x-country through the desert toward a gully. The HPS directions that I carried suggested aiming for the gully to find the desired route. Once at the gully, I found the rock piled gully route. Whenever I wondered if I was going in the wrong direction, I just looked for a man made rock duck further up. This worked well until I lost the rock ducks about 3/4 of the way up. I made my own route the rest of the way, which made the hike harder than necessary. I regained the established route before reaching the high point. The last yardage was a Class 2 or 3 boulder climb to the summit. I only stayed for a minute, since the sun was getting ready to dive behind the Desert Divide. Views from the top were peak filed in a 360 degree vantage point. Meanwhile, I followed the rock duck route back down the mountain, which was quicker and much easier to follow downward. I made it back to the car about 5 minutes before it got dark. " — MikeTeeples • Jan 16, 2021

"Last peak of 4 on the day. It was just a short drive east to the other side of the desert divide, but Asbestos Peak is an entirely different biome and experience than the wooded Cahuilla Mountains I had just come from. This was the most fun hike of the day for me - lots of cool desert plants and enjoyable scrambling up iron-tinged granite almost all the way to the summit." — klotito • Mar 17, 2018

"I had been dreading this peak after looking at it from various angles from Pine, Martinez and Toro: it just looks hot and miserable, sitting out in the desert sun with no shade...especially since the Coachella Valley had been hitting 100 degrees the week that I decided to do it. But this turned out to be a really fun hike, with a lot of reward compared to the fairly minimal effort involved. The trailhead starts at 4400 feet, and there's not all that much gain, so the heat wasn't an issue at all. At the end of Jereboa Road (where non-4WD vehicles have to stop), I was greeted by an aggressively barking dog and I couldn't decide if he was been vocally friendly or threateningly territorial. Since I was on my own, I decided to park elsewhere and be safe, so I drove a bit west to Lido Court and parked at the end of the road there, and added a bit more cross-country to my hike. (I'm not sure of the legality of parking there, but didn't have any issues.) My hike began at 7:30am, a bit later than I had hoped, but my timing was good...the steep climb up the gully was mostly in shade. The trail is beautifully ducked, so thank you to whoever did that! I'm not a climber, so at the summit block ..." — HikerMark • May 3, 2014

"Post Interview for Palm Springs Prelim Medicine. I was expecting loose sand and an unenjoyable slog up, but this was actually a great hike with solid white granite and a great little summit block to finish things off." — Christopher • Nov 1, 2013