"First time summiting Griffith from Harris springs. The road is definitely HCV with good all terrain tires. Needed 4wd for a short section since my baby jeep doesn’t have much power. Trail is really nice and peaceful. Didn’t see another person until we got to the peak. Great Route! Great Labor Day on the mountain! " — maggielynn • Sep 1, 2025

"Griffith solo hike. Heavy downpour at the start, light rain on/off on the climb, sun came out for the summit! Beautiful day I was the first one up and didn't see anther hiker until i was half way down." — DudeAlmighty • Jul 2, 2025

"7.1.25~Griffith Peak w/ 16 YO James Jr (a few weeks from turning 17) for his 1st time! 10 miles, 3,500’ gain, 5hrs. My 26th time up. I haven’t been on top in 3 years?! Since I knew there was going to be clouds, we slept in and casually arrived for a 1:20pm start.. Weather was pretty exciting as we were nearing the summit and again on the way down, but we survived only experiencing some low grade terror and had enough gear to stay warm and dry. I Ran into a lot of familiar faces on the way up. Good times with young son. He loved it and rated it a 9/10. He was so impressive and strong and I was very proud of him. It was Not his highest peak but his hardest trek. He consumed 2.5x 16 oz bottles of water and 2 cliff bars. I consumed 3x16oz bottles of water, a half of an Albertsons sub, one applesauce packet and a 50 cal gatorlite bottle. I wasn’t totally up for this big of a hike today because I had a stomachache but I felt better on the second half of the hike. " — paula.raimondi • Jul 1, 2025

"Lovely night hike up to Griffith Peak. Jumped off the trail to approach from the east. Lots of loose rock and wouldn't recommend, but the bristlecone pines in this area made the effort worth it. Met a nosy 🦉 that kept blocking the trail as I started the descent. Not sure what that was about!" — MikeERodriguez • Jul 26, 2024

"We hit Southern Echo Cliff peak. Then instead of going back to the trail we decided on a whim to attempt a ridge line up to the summit. There was some class 3 or 4 climbing and route finding. Little nervous but all went well. I would recommend helmets and webbing if you attempt. " — derek-puraVida • Jun 2, 2024

"Solo but saw a bunch of friendly faces. Last 4 miles were rough when i ran out of everything. Drank a liter right from mummy springs. A nice lady Laura gave me a ride back to my car because she saw me dry heaving haha" — bend • Jul 22, 2023

"Still lots of snow on Griffith trail. Annoying on way up but super fun on the way down as you can just cut the switchbacks and slide down all the snow. All snow is avoidable after Griffith , pleasant walk to la madre HP . " — joshortman • Jun 10, 2023

"Still lots of snow on Griffith trail. Annoying on way up but super fun on the way down as you can just cut the switchbacks and slide down all the snow. All snow is avoidable after Griffith , pleasant walk to la madre HP . " — joshortman • Jun 10, 2023

"2.5 hours round trip from south loop. Not much to say about this one , trail leads all the way to top no scrambling involved. Collected some business cards. Lots of fun to be bad up in this area" — joshortman • Oct 28, 2022

"One of my favorite Mt Charleston peaks by far. It reminded me a lot of CO. I loved the terrain, the views, the challenge, all of it. I got stormed on while heading back down but it was still an amazing day." — CheshireKatt13 • Aug 24, 2022