"I wanted a long and easy 'walk in the park' type hike. This was kinda that - at least on the way from Griffith along Sexton Ridge to the 2 high points (Sexton Ridge and La Madre Mountain Wilderness Highpoint). Nice, casual, mostly downhill through a grassy area (because most of the trees had burned!). But the way back was steep uphill most of the way. Great views into Lovell Canyon on the left and Trout Canyon road on the right. No cairn or register at the Sexton Ridge highpoint; last sign in at LMMWH from 2024. Added some time by starting on the Cathedral Rock trail to scope out a few climbing areas, then cut cross country to the South Loop via a detour to the big waterfall. Returned via South Loop trail. Fun to see peaks and features from a new perspective." — tracyt • May 31, 2026

"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

"Last climb of the year! We started at the South Loop trailhead and took the South Loop Trail to Griffith Peak. None of us had been at altitude in a while, so we were huffing and puffing a bit. From Griffith Peak, we descended south, through the burn area. We followed Sexton Ridge past the Sexton Ridge 'peak' and to the La Madre Mountain Wilderness Highpoint. That stretch of the hike was extremely pleasant. The views were great and the terrain was pretty easy. From LMMWHP, we descended SE down a steep ridge. That part was horrible! Lots of bushwhacking, grabby vines and burnt trees made it difficult to stay on the ridge, so we had to sidehill through steep talus slopes. Finally, we made it down to the wash, where we met up with Rob, who dropped us off at the other trailhead this morning. We followed the wash for a while, then took the Griffith Shadow trail system back to the Griffith Shadow trailhead, where Rob had cold drinks and his FJ waiting. We gained about 4100 feet and lost about 5700 feet over 14ish miles. " — Kevin • Dec 30, 2017