"Since I had already hiked Burnt Peak and Liebre Mountain, I though I'd approach Sawtooth from the backside, via Warm Springs Canyon Rd. When I got to the turn, I found the gate closed, making this 11 mi outing into 16. Luckily, I brought the MTB, so I rode up the well-graded dirt road to the usual trailhead. From there, things deteriorated significantly - the road was in pretty rough shape. Sandy, washed out, choked with brush, rutted. I'm a casual mountain biker, and this really wasn't suitable for casual biking. But since the grade wasn't too steep, I though I'd do some trail running. So I dropped the bike and ran about 3 mi to the roads end where a steep fire break heads to the summit. From there it was a steep, loose, slippy hike to the top. On the way down, I made use of the hearty chaparral plants running along the side of the firebreak to "brush-belay" myself down the steepest section in no time. Finished the day off with a super fun bike ride down the dirt road to the car." — klotito • Feb 25, 2018

"Gate was closed, so this turned into a longer hike than I expected. Lots of steep intermediate bumps on the ridge out to Sawtooth. Overall, an underwhelming summit, but interesting position in the middle of the range." — edg • Apr 15, 2017

"Matt Kraai led his first Sierra Club hike to two peaks today: Sawtooth and Burnt. Sawtooth, which we did first, has a super steep final summit push, and lots of up and down before you get there, once you're off the fire road. A fun peak, with great views all around. My Honda Accord managed the dirt roads with only one scrape along the bottom; we should have gotten out and tossed those damn rocks off the road for the ascent, and we did so on the drive back down, which was a lot easier than the drive up." — HikerMark • Jan 4, 2015