"The biggest challenge to this 2 peak hike is to find the most direct route with the least amount of ups and downs. We decided that we would bite the bullet on our exit route and go as direct as possible back to the TH, knowing that we would have many small ups and downs to cross gullies. I think we made the right decision. No matter what, from what we could see, you were going to have ups and downs, so you might as well go as direct as possible. On our exit route, in the middle of nowhere, we ran across an abandoned mine with no apparent access for equipment, but there appeared to be remnants of pieces of heavy equipment. Go figure! Amazing what you can find/see when you get off the beaten trails. All and all, definitely worth exploring these peaks. Maybe do a little topo/satellite investigation before you go to see if you can find a route with minimal ups and downs. " — Heartattackbruce • Nov 5, 2023

"As soon as I saw that we were going to have some cooler weather, I knew where I was headed...the Sheep Range! I had big plans up there for this spring, but we all know how that went... I took a long weekend & headed up there Saturday afternoon. I had seen this peak when I climbed Sheep Peak last year & wanted to get up it ever since. I looked at maps & saw a spur road off the Pine Nut Road & hoped I'd be able to drive out pretty close to the peak, but when I got out there , I discovered that spur road had long ago been closed off. I hiked a bit out the old road Saturday afternoon just to get an idea of what it would be like, then went up to Pine Nut Camp for the night. Pine Nut is a very nice primitive camp up in the pinyons & junipers right below Sheep Peak. It was cool & delightful up there! I spent the afternoon painting. Sunday morning, I drove back to the small parking area at the start of the old road & headed out. Though the road seems to go all the way out to the peak on maps, I lost track of it, maybe half way out. It's really overgrown! It starts off in Yucca Forest with huge old Joshua Trees which offered at least some shade. Eventually, I got to an old burn area which l..." — StudioHoodoo • Jun 7, 2020