"This peak has been on my list for quite a while now and today I finally went for it. From the descriptions I found I knew I was in for a tough day to get to the peak regardless of how I approached it. The first part is pretty strenuous, you go up well over 1000ft in just the first 3/4 mile. I started out hiking up Horsethief Canyon and then veered off to a two track road to the north.I was trying to follow the contour lines that looked like it would give me the most gradual approach. I figured I could hike to the northwest of the peak and then follow the ridgeline up to the peak. My plan was working pretty well until I got to the end of the road, I ran into some pretty wet and soggy ground. I made it around that obstacle only to come upon some pretty thick little aspens that I had to go through. After struggling through that for 45 minutes I finally got to an opening but the sagebrush was still knee high. I made my way up the ridge only to come up to and impenetrable wall of brush that was over my head. I tried numerous ways of picking through the maze of brush only to come to a dead end. It was getting extremely frustrating!!! I decided I would go back down in elevation a little ..." — Sledhead29 • Sep 6, 2018