"Got three peaks in one. Boundary, NV and then I scrambled out the Class 3 ridge to Montgomery Peak, CA. The saddle of the ridge marks the state line between CA and NV. This was the first time I set foot back in Cali since I moved back east in 2007. This was a total grind of a state high point. Tons of loose scree. My legs are blown up from the climb. Stay on the ridge, never drop off it!" — wiweasel • Nov 10, 2023

"Winter wonderland ❄️❄️❄️ We all enjoyed hiking in snow (it was soft and there was no ice) but had to move slower on scrambling sections. Plan to come back in spring for the Boundary-Montgomery duo. " — Papri Ka • Sep 30, 2023

"THE ASCENT 7/19/23 7pm - Drove towards the base of Boundary Peak with pounding rain and flash flood warnings all around us. We were wondering if we’d have to bail. Stopped in at a BNB to talk to the folks there, who told us nothing to worry about in this area with the flash floods. but we would have to make it up the road which we thought might be muddy. 8:30pm - As the sun set behind Boundary Peak and dusk set in, we sped up the dirt roads towards the trailhead, getting there with no trouble at all. The road was in great condition, passable by a sedan with 2WD. A few areas were pretty tight with grass cleaning the undercarriage and bushes rubbing the sides and even the top of the car, but it was still fine. 9:30pm - Mosquitos and other bugs immediately swarmed us, so we closed ourselves into the car and set up our pads with no airflow. Ohhh it was steamy and hot fast, but did get cooler overnight. 7/20/23 5:20am - Awoke early, and the bugs were still swarming but maybe not as bad. Got dressed and packed all our food and water while jumping around to avoid the bugs. 6am - Started out on the approach. A little muddy but not bad at all. 7am - After doing most of the easy part..." — dylanharris • Jul 20, 2023

"Drove up Queen Canyon the night prior, got our rental car stuck on the road up, then unstuck and decided it best to just camp where we were. Next morning, hiked up the rest of the road and enjoyed great weather on the climb to the summit. " — wacbravo • Aug 22, 2022

"Me and my family started off early, like 7:40 am and didn't make it to the top until 12:50 pm. As we started to climb my mom started to get really tired and I had to help her out. My family all made it to the top but I was the third to summit it. But on the way down I got altitude sickness, heat sickness and started to feel extremely tired and dizzy. But it was a great experience and a fun climb. Boundary Peak was also the first mountain I ever climbed. " — DylanJDurand • Sep 21, 2021

"Lonely peak - I was the only person climbing the mountain that day. Tried to get as far as I could on the Queen Mine road, but couldn't make it past the old mine entrance. Pretty easy hiking up to the first ridge and across to the saddle. From there (with all the wild horses) was a scree-fest, scrambling up to the next saddle, and then more scrambling / rock hopping to the summit. Started to hear distant thunder near the summit, but couldn't see any dark clouds anywhere on the horizon. Moved quickly from there just in case, and had a fairly uneventful trip down with only a couple of scree wipeouts. The altitude definitely hit me on this one, but fun solo day in the mountains!" — andrewmadsen • Aug 19, 2021

"The drive to the trailhead was rough, but do-able for most vehicles. 4x4 not needed, but do not take a super low clearance vehicle. Left from the Trail Canyon trailhead at 9:32pm because the trees were not that great to hang hammocks for sleeping. I thought I would find one eventually but the darkness made it hard to find any good trees. I ended up taking the scree straight up, but I had zero difficulty finding the trail to the saddle and up to the ridgeline, but I see how people can get confused if they are hiking in the day time and see all those cattle trails. Warning: If you are hiking at night you will see tons of cattle and will panic because you see large masses with shiny eyes (but they are unlikely bear). made it to the ridge around 1am after stopping a ton because I was not in a rush and they scree was tough to go up (frighteningly easy to come down). It took me about an hour and a half to make it to the summit from there, but a lot of that time came from trying to find the trail in the dark. Unlike the beginning, the darkness did not help to find the trail. Amazing star gazing during the ridgeline hike though. I summited around 2:20am but the summit was incredibly breezy..." — mchikes • Aug 8, 2021

"Definitely top 5 hardest mountains I have climbed. Probably helped by the low visibility, winds, and blowing snow that made route finding difficult. The endless string of false summits almost broke me, but finally found the summit after 4:30 hours of climbing from Queen Mine. Still took 2:30 to get down again because the route was lost with all the accumulated snow. Glad it’s done and I don’t have to go back!!!" — oregon-mt-goat • Apr 14, 2021

"Camped at a meadow near the lower trailhead / creek. Hiked up to the Trail Canyon (north) saddle and joined the ridge traverse trail. Came down the screed trail. Note: The GPS track got off on the way down, thus the huge switchback shown was not actually hiked - followed the trail the whole way down as illustrated on the map." — kenmiller • Oct 12, 2019

"We started from down in the valley, not the upper ridge area. Camped about a mile from the trailhead in an amazingly beautiful meadow, shaded and protected from the wind by trees. It was COLD! Below 30 degrees both nights we were there. Drove in on Friday night, hiked on Saturday, camped Saturday night, and then drove home and explored the mines on the other side of the ridge on the way home on Sunday. So - the hike. Well. We didn't take the scree bowl up, we went to the saddle between the two other peaks (11331 and Hosebag), which was miiiiiserable, and then followed the trail up the ridgeline near/past Hosebag to the saddle between Hosebag and Boundary. We had intended to do both Boundary and Montgomery (for the LVMC 50 list), but neither of us were in quite the shape we needed to be and we got started a little late. When we come back to get Montgomery, we might start from the Queen Mine ridge and not have to do quite the sheer amount of elevation gain we did this way. It was a beautiful day - couldn't have asked for better weather - but we were hurting by the end of the day. Came down the scree bowl. Much faster than retracing our steps down the ridgeline. Glad to have Boundary,..." — psychikingjes • Oct 12, 2019