"Straightforward trail up through piestewa summit trail #300. Was up in 50 minutes and down in 30. Had to stop a lot because of large crowds. Views at the top were pretty great. There's a cool little section with an easy class 2 scramble at the peak but other than that its nothing technical since it's all stairs. I'm not sure if today was just a good day for me but I definitely felt like it wasn't as hard as people make it out to be. I had a more difficult time climbing Dixie Peak and Maricopa peak on the Phoenix City Limits Peak Challenge" — easotelo1 • Jan 30, 2021

"Parked at the San Juan Parking Lot and took Bajada Trail to Alta Trail. On the ridgeline just right before the trail starts to have a huge drop in elevation on the western face, there is a very faint use trail. Some loose rock but nothing too bad. I happened to be caught in some light rain, enough to make the rocks slippery but overall not difficult at all. I'd argue there were some easy class 2 scrambles right before summitting. Afterwards as it was getting late I descended and went back from where I came to my car without finishing the entirety of Alta Trail. Total distance recorded was 7.5 miles" — easotelo1 • Jan 23, 2021

"Ranger Trail to National Trail. Went westward for another quarter of a mile on national trail where theres a slight trail that leads up to Goat Hill. Fantastic views from there" — easotelo1 • Jan 22, 2021

"Took Mormon trail to the first junction sign, went about 100 yards past and then up the east peak, then to the saddle the to the higher west peak. Looking down on the route, you can just go behind the mountain and there is a faint trail to get to the saddle. There are no geodetic markers that I saw" — puddlepirate • Jan 7, 2021

"I'm not gonna lie, I was pretty nervous about doing this peak. Every trip report I read mentioned this as a difficult peak to summit, and with terminology that is still rather new to me as "Class 2" and "Class 3" I was definitely feeling anxious. My last few trips haven't been that enjoyable to say the least and I was starting to feel that I was doing scrambles that have the potential to cost me my life (Mummy Mountain, I'm looking at you). So as I made my drive up to North Phoenix through I-17, I was feeling pretty discouraged and just about to call it quits to hiking off trails overall. Boy am I super thankful I didn't turn back. Starting off with the parking: if you drive to the I-17, get off on Happy Valley Rd and go West until you hit 51st ave. Take a right and you can go straight ahead to the end of the road next to the canal where you will see signs of "Road Closure". You can park at the end of this road. Do note that you need a State Trust Land Permit to continue from here, which you can easily purchase online. The walk to the mountain isn't anything too exciting. There's a lot of trails that branch out across the dessert. I bumped into multiple hikers walking aroun..." — easotelo1 • Nov 27, 2020