
| I took my 24 year old nephew up this, and it was his first real mountain. The road really does suck, as my 1995 4Runner made it past the first two major obtacles before calling it quits before the 3rd at about 3/4 mi. up from the mine. We took a slighly higher route for the final half of the climb, rather than descending on loose rock. We found a steep dirt chimney that we gained the ridge from. There were a couple of ledge traverses on the east side, followed by more scrambling sections on mostly solid rock. The last 30 feet to the summit are on a narrow exposed ridge making a dandy finish. |