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| Zinge | The easy way  Date Climbed: Dec 27, 2007 | |
| Summited at night, alone, in fear of being attacked by cows. Started to snow on the way down. No ranchers, no guns! | |
| Posted Jan 29, 2008 11:17 pm | ||
| Matt Worster | Backcountry Weekend | |
| Long way to go, but amazing wildflowers were rewarding. We came through Coe State Park, which necessitates a 22 mile hike followed by a 12 mile walk-out. Phew! | |
| Posted Mar 28, 2006 9:18 pm | ||
| adk46r | Route Climbed: The Gun Club route Date Climbed: December 30,2000 | |
| I remember being half-scared because of the sounds of guns going off. Otherwise, this is probably the easiest route available. | ||
| Posted Nov 15, 2005 2:46 am | ||
| fram | Route Climbed: From Bell Station entrance Date Climbed: April 2004 | |
| Used a bike until the upper Red Creek (beginning of Mt Stakes trail) then hiked to the summit using "almost" legal route. Took 16 hrs total, 65 miles roundtrip. Going through Orestimba and Red Creek canyon is the most beautiful experience | |
| Posted Jul 19, 2005 2:20 am | ||
| Abraxas | Route Climbed: Gun Club route Date Climbed: May 22, 2005 | |
| Most difficult part of the hike was navigating through a massive herd of cows as the sun was setting. They were menacing in their numbers! The trail is easy to follow, although marking all the listed junctions found on a Topo map (and putting them in a GPS unit) was quite useful. The top ridgeline is like a super-highway of jeep roads--what were they thinking? Whatever the case, the summit is pretty uninspiring, but the hike is quite nice, including the portion through the gun club lands (probably not nice if there are people actually using the land, though). Went over to nearby Black Mountain (3/4 mile north on the Topo map), but was disappointed to discover there is no USGS marker there (confirmed later when I checked the USGS database). All in all, an unexpectedly enjoyable hike, with a big sigh of relief upon returning to see my car still intact. | ||
| Posted May 23, 2005 10:56 pm | ||
| derbilly | Route Climbed: gun club route Date Climbed: February 1, 2004 | |
| Mnt biked to the top on dirt roads. Got hassled by ranched at the road when I got back. | |
| Posted May 3, 2005 4:36 am | ||
| blmcclain | Route Climbed: HCP via Mt. Stakes trail Date Climbed: 13 March 2005 | |
| Summited this peak with rgreene. It was a nice casual walk through the park. Beware, the jeep roads on the TOPO are not maintained with the state park. They're there if you look for them but very overgrown. Nice warm up hike to get some miles on the legs. | |
| Posted Apr 1, 2005 6:10 pm | ||
| Bob Burd | Route Climbed: San Antonio Road through the gun club Date Climbed: Jan 13, 2004 | |
| A pretty easy hike if you don't get hassled for being on private property. Trip Report | |
| Posted Mar 30, 2005 11:26 pm | ||
| rgreene | Route Climbed: HCP via Mt. Stakes Trail Date Climbed: 13 March 2005 | |
| The dual ridges, bushwhacking, and length of the trip made it an adventure. High points were (several times) stumbling into a clearing while following a non-existant jeep road, and finding a nice "Mt. Stakes Trail" intersection marker for another non-existant trail. | |
| Posted Mar 30, 2005 3:01 am | ||
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