Keys Peak

Keys Peak 4484′ Joshua Tree National Park Total Time: 3:00 Distance: 7.4 miles Elevation Gain: 700′ Crux: Class 2 Companions: Holly Trailhead: Boyscout trailhead, no […]

Double Mountain and Tehachapi Mountain

Double Mountain 7981′ and Tehachapi Mountain 7960′ Sierra Nevada Total Time: 5:30 Elevation Gain: 4200′ Distance: 10 miles Crux: Class 2 Trailhead: Tehachapi Mountain County […]

Red Mountain

Red Mountain 5261′ Southern California- Mojave Desert Total Time: 2:00 Elevation Gain: 1970′ Distance: 4.6 Crux: Class 1 Companions: Holly Trailhead: Dirt roads off Trona […]

Queen Mountain

Queen Mountain 5680′ Joshua Tree National Park Total Time: 4:30 Distance: 7.4 miles Elevation Gain: 1600′ Crux: Class 3 Companions: Holly, Colin Pickles and Alex […]

The Blob and Cyclops Rock

The Blob 4275′ and Cyclops Rock 4241′ Rock Climbing– Joshua Tree National Park Total Time: Most of a day Distance: ~1.0 miles Elevation Gain: ~250′ […]

Headstone Rock

Headstone Rock 4319′ Rock Climbing– Joshua Tree National Park Total Time: 3:30 Distance: 0.6 miles Elevation Gain: 150′ Crux: SW Corner- 5.6, Cryptic- 5.8, SW […]

Castle Rock

Castle Rock 7420′ via SW Face Routes Southern California Rock Climbing  Total Time: ~4 hours Distance: 1.6 miles Elevation Gain: 650′ Crux: The Sphinx (5.6), […]

Tahquitz (Lily) Rock- The Trough

Tahquitz (Lily) Rock 8040′ via The Trough Southern California Rock Climbing  Total Time: 6:15 Distance: 2.5 miles Elevation Gain: 1900′ Crux: 5.4 Pitches: 3 (often […]

Stoddard and Frankish Peaks

Stoddard Peak 4624′ and Frankish Peak 4196′ San Gabriel Mountains Total Time: 5:50 Distance: 13.6 miles Elevation Gain: 3600′ Class 1 Trailhead: Barrett-Stoddard Road, trash, […]

Fox BM, Condor Peak and Iron Mountain

Fox BM 5036′, Condor Peak 5456′ and Iron Mountain 5636′ San Gabriel Mountains, Southern California Total Time: 9:30 Distance: 19.5 miles Elevation Gain: 6680′ Trailhead: […]