Turnoff I-15 at Mtn Pass off-ramp, and proceed north of freeway to a road just short of the gate to the Mtn Pass Mining operations. Turn left on this road, which begins as a black-top, but soon deteriorates to a poor dirt road. The road has a lot of loose gravel, which on steep pitches robs under-powered cars of power, making it questionable whether they can make it. Follow the road to its very end, some picnic tables at the toe of the mtn.
Two sketches are
provided to aid in climbing route description. The dotted line shows the route
taken by a DPS party Jan 19, '75. From the roadhead the peak can be seen as a
ship's prow, center stage. Just to the right and below the peak is seen what
appears to be a prominent orange-yellow slash. This is a dike of about 50 ft
vertical discontinuity, making a band about the center spur, making it
impossible to climb that spur. To the right of the peak is a stretch of yellow
colored serrations or pinnacles. It is probably difficult to run the back-bone
ridge past these pinnacles (we didn't try). The route the DPS party followed
was along the spur ridge to the right of the peak, then across the headwall
gully up to the left end of the serrations. Here it was necessary to do a bit
of third class climbing up and over the yellow band. A bit more second class
scrambling gained the ridge, which can be followed to the peak.The descent route was clear over to the left, which is longer than the ascent route, but offers variation as well as an appreciation of the whole mtn make-up. Do not attempt to descend the canyon immediately in front of the peak, since it terminates in ,the 50-ft dry waterfa11, which is a continuation of the dike formation.