"Began the hike at Dawson Saddle on Angeles Crest Highway. The first peak climbed was Throop Peak, which was reached in about 2 miles. Next was Mount Hawkins after a brief hike on the PCT. Once on the summit, I left via the back door by descending a use trail on the other side. The trail follows the ridge to Copter Ridge. The pathway gets faint at times, and involves stepping over some dead fall sometimes. However, it stays on top of the ridge, so it is easy to regain your bearings. After reaching a false summit, the true spot designated as Copter Ridge is the next significant bump further down. Once finding the register then you know you are in the right place. The hardest part of the day comes next when you need to re-climb the ridge about 1,400 feet back to Mount Hawkins." — MikeTeeples • Sep 24, 2022

"Started at Windy Gap trailhead going clockwise around the loop getting Hawkins first, then Middle Hawkins and South Hawkins before heading down the fire road. Cloudy day below, but not up in the mountains. Really cool hiking above those clouds all day, and a brief section through chilly mist." — jodola • May 20, 2021

"Peak #7 of round two of the 2020 SoCal Six (18) Pack of Peaks Challenge took me back to Mount Baden-Powell by way of Vincent Gap and just a a few additional peaks. Peak 8426, 8600, Mount Hawkins, Throop Peak, and Mount Burnham" — Philip-Yoho • Jun 26, 2020

"June 13, 2020. Hiked Mount Islip, Mount Hawkins, and Baden-Powell, and bagged Mount Burnham on the way back. I as watching AllTrails for the supposed turn off to get Throop Peak, but I don’t think that turn off actually exists anymore. Looks like the turn off is earlier on the Baden-Powell end. I’ll just have to go back and bag that one, too. Perfect weather and there was a flag and new peak sign up at Baden-Powell. " — runningvegan • Jun 13, 2020

"Although my visits earlier to Peaks 8426 and 8600 were fun, my visit to Mt Hawkins was all business. I took my summit stewardship there seriously (tongue in cheek). So after passing summit inspection, I returned to Windy Gap then to my car on ACH." — MikeTeeples • Aug 3, 2019

"Took Dawson Saddle trail to Throop then down to Hawkins, then backpacked over to spend the night at Little Jimmy. Took the trail to the Little Jimmy service road, then went down to Hwy. 2 and shuttled back to the Dawson Saddle trailhead." — joecaveness • Sep 8, 2018

"9/8/2018 Backpacked from Dawson Saddle over Throop Peak to Mt. Hawkins, then down to camp at Little Jimmy. The next morning, backpacked down to the gated service road for Little Jimmy and shuttled back to Dawson Saddle." — thesearcherextraordinaire • Sep 8, 2018

"A 3-Peaker day today. Leaving from Dawson Saddle, climbed past Throop to summit Mt Burnham first, then over to Mt Hawkins (then finishing with Throop). The PCT that connects the 3 is super-easy to follow." — marc • Jul 22, 2018

"After visiting Throop Peak, I continued on to Mount Hawkins on the PCT. I am very familiar with Mount Hawkins as Peakery saw fit to name me a summit steward of it. I didn't stay long as I was eager to get started on my descent to Copter Ridge. However, with summit stewardship comes responsibility. So after coming back from Copter Ridge, I made sure everything was in "ship shape" before leaving the peak for a second time." — MikeTeeples • May 5, 2018

"This was my 2nd summit of Hawkins, but from a different way. The first was from Dawson Saddle, over Throop Peak, then to a car shuttle at Islip Saddle. This time, I hiked out and back from Islip Saddle, over Mt. Islip's summit, down to Windy Gap, then to Hawkins, making it about 12 mi. round trip. It was a bit tougher this time. I had a 5 peak plan (17-18 mi. round trip) this day. I wanted to summit Islip, Hawkins, Throop, Burnham, and Baden-Powell. But for some reason, my body was not having it, so I turned back after Hawkins. Omitting Islip, the hike is about 11 mi .round trip and about 2,200' gain from Islip Saddle, but including Islip made the hike a little over 12 mi. with 2,900' gain. The scenery is incredible along the Pacific Crest Trail, weaving in and out of Sugar/Jeffrey Pine and White Fir groves changing to Lodgepole/Limber Pine groves mixed with more White Fir as the elevation rises above 8,200'. There is much evidence of the 2002 Curve Fire along several stretches, with clear views of coast and desert, alternating with lush subalpine conifer forest on north-facing slopes overlooking the Mojave Desert. I passed Mt. Hawkins on PCT, and then doubled back along ..." — brianpowell • Sep 9, 2017