"Took Forest Road 3N69 to reach both peaks. Stopped by Peak 7893 on the way up. Before reaching Gold Mountain, I left the road and did a short cross country hike to the summit. Great views from both summits. Experienced many more 4WD vehicles on the way down, since they finally figured out how to get past the locked gate." — MikeTeeples • Sep 16, 2023

"The original plan was to go climb Gold Mountain and have a "Silver and Gold" day ( I climbed Silver Peak earlier). Along the way to Gold Mountain is Peak 7893, which I had not visited before. To get there, I walked up an "offroaders" route which is Forest Road 3N69, also known as Gold Mountain Road. This is truly a road devised in hell. I was glad that I parked along the side of Highway 18 instead of driving on it at any point. This rocky road was repelling assorted jeep drivers from making it all the way up on my visit. Meanwhile, I made my way to Peak 7893. From the top I had great views of the mostly dry Baldwin Lake. It also had a great view of Gold Mountain, which was about 0.75 miles away. Unfortunately, my phone was dying. I made a non-hiking but current technology decision to head back to the car instead. I wanted to be sure to get a complete GPX reading of the hike, but continuing on to Gold Mountain would have given me a partial reading. I made the quick calculation based upon the fact that I had already been on Gold Mountain before anyway. Unfortunately, that is one of the drawbacks to using a cell phone to track hikes." — MikeTeeples • Jul 25, 2020

"Visited this small peak shortly before topping out on nearby Gold Mountain. This summit is on the southeast side of the saddle separating it from Gold Mountain. The high point is a very, very short scramble from Gold Mountain 4X4 Road (3N69). Before the road dips downhill towards the saddle between the two, scramble off to the right of the road and find the highest rocks in the area, nothing technical, nothing difficult. You can be on top within a couple of short minutes of leaving the road. There is an awesome view to the N.W. towards Gold Mountain. I supposed there would be a moderate cross-country dip and climb if one were to directly visit Gold Mountain from this point, and it would likely save some time wrapping around Gold Mtn before scrambling to its summit, and I almost did, but returned to the road and made the more gradual but longer climb to Gold. The area is scenic and enchanting with lovely pinyon-juniper-mountain mahogany woodland. There are nice views to Lucerne Valley and the Ord Mountains to the north from the peak. Sometimes, these unknown peaks and knolls are just as fun as the big-ticket peaks!" — brianpowell • Mar 23, 2019