"started on a dirt road up to Arden. Then its all off trail along the ridge. The Fortress looks impossible to summit. but there is one way on south side. There was a cairn marking it. It was alot of class 3. " — derek-puraVida • Apr 2, 2023

"What a traverse ! Most of it is quite loose rugged and unpleasant but the ridge definitely goes , quite easily at that. Didn’t encounter anything harder than class 3 (up and around the fortress) . Phone died on the way back so add an extra 5-6 miles on the return. I drew a line on the final summit push on fortress as it may look intimidating at first , it is real easy getting up there. " — joshortman • Jan 21, 2023

"3.26.2021~Arden, 4,055’ & Anthem East Trail HP~6.3 miles, 2,300’ gain, 3:57hrs w/Laszlo. Cool Spring Breezes, rocky lava terrain, Bighorn Sheep Fam, hill & dale and summits with 360 views of grandeur were served up to us today. Spring Flowers were nonexistent as our 2020 drought is causing a late arrival. Took some time to break into the 4,055’ reg. I had to get savage with a rock. Great workout. " — paula.raimondi • Mar 26, 2021

"Started at Anthem East / Crescent Heights Ave. Headed up past AE HP to Arden Peak, traversed down the NE ridge to Peak 4055, down the east ridge (short class 3 obstacle) and up to The Fortress. Was planning to climb down the NE ridge of The Fortress but it looked pretty hairy, never been there before and didn't feel comfortable doing it solo so went back down the main chute on the west side and then up the ridge to Peak 3920 (more class 3 that can be avoided, one of the holds broke under my foot but thanks to 3 points of contact didn't fall!). All in all an AWESOME day hiking after a long lazy vacation in Brian Head. Beautiful weather. Recorded a low temp of around 25 at Peak 4055 and found a few small ice tanks on the rocks from yesterday's rain. Oh and a pretty cool lava rock arch coming down from Arden, unusual sights for McCullough! Just me on the trail, a mountain biker past me twice on the "pandemic" trail (is that new lol?) it's the one near the wash that leads to Fortress. And a small plane flying low and slow below the top of Rattlesnake. On the AE trail back to car looked over at Shadow Canyon and counted 13 cars at BM TH not including the parking lot that ..." — DudeAlmighty • Mar 16, 2021

"2.28.2021~Farewell February. Peak 4,055’, Anthem Hills, NV, 8.5 miles, 1,800’ gain in 3:13hrs. We trekked off trail through washes to get to the main ridge ascent and was welcome on the summit by a majestic hawk! The Peak web pages have the Highpoint marked incorrectly but we hit up the entire length of the summit ridge to make sure. The register was on the correct peak but was old and worn. I will go back during another project and bring a new note pad. We were thrashed by frigid high winds that numbed our faces. Shorts were a bad wardrobe decision. We scampered down and ran trails back to the car. Awesome outing with my love. This is a really neat peak with grand 360 deg. views. " — paula.raimondi • Feb 28, 2021