They say it's your birthday (it's my birthday too, yeah...!) - This was peak #1 in Jes' Birthday Peakbagging Bonanza! The digits of my birthday this year added up to 6, so I decided I was going to get six peaks on Peakery over my birthday weekend (Fri-Sun). Delano Peak was #1 - one of the LVMC Classic 50 peaks, and the furthest north in Utah that I had left to grab. Besides, I had just been in the area last week, and was only about a mile and a half away from the trailhead and didn't even know! So, had to come back, especially since it gave me an excuse to see the glorious fall color again. We left Vegas around 6 AM and headed up 1-15 to Beaver, then UT-153 to the forest service road to Big John Flat. SO! Delano Peak is... somewhat steep. I was looking at a GPS track here on Peakery and didn't pay attention to the fact that they summited both Delano AND East Delano, so the mileage total was for both peaks. I had it in my head that Delano was a 5-mile round-trip hike with 2,000' elevation gain. Sure, I've done steeper, but short and steep is... still steep. Turns out that the REAL stats for just Delano are 3.2 miles round-trip with 1700' gain. So, yes, that's steep! The weather was windy (not as bad as in the Rubies, but thankfully not much is as bad as Day 3 in the Rubies... personal benchmark for "how bad is the wind?"), and it was REALLY whippinga nd cold on the final summit ridgeline. The trail was very easy to follow and in good condition. Not too loose. If it wasn't for the wind, it would have been fabulous weather. The sky was gorgeously blue with wispy cirrus clouds, and the sun was bright. The brown grass and lack of trees made it feel slightly alien, but in a different way than White Mountain Peak. Overall, a good hike. We parked at a little pulloff/primitive camping site less than a 10th of a mile from where we picked up the trail. The road was in excellent shape, well graded, not too many rocks. Delano marks LVMC 50 Classic peak #23 for me, and was a great start to the weekend of peaks and adventure!