It is located about 12 miles south of an Interstate 8 location that is about 20 miles east of Gila Bend, AZ. This places Squaw Tit (4021-ft) only about 5 miles east and 12 miles south of the Squaw Tits (2478-ft) which are outside the military reservation and were climbed (see Item 6 below).

6. Squaw Tits (2478-ft). Climbed l2 Oct 86. These two adjacent and appropriately-named nipples are located and named as such on the Estrella Quad (AZ, 15-Min, 1951).

Take Interstate 8 east from Gila Bend, AZ for close to 17 miles where a gated unimproved road passable to passenger cars goes south. Take the road about 3 miles, park and access the nubs which sit on top of a steep conical rise about one mile to the northwest. Relative to each other (or the center of their cleavage) there is a southeast and a northwest teat which rise vertically about 150-ft above their conical base and about 750-ft above the parking elevation.

Climb the southeast teat, i.e., the one closest to the dirt road, via a third class route approximately in the middle of the northeast face. There was no apparent way (at least for me) up the northwest teat. The vertical nibs are dark, firm! crumbly volcanic rock. The surrounding desert, mountains and flora (saguaros, creosote bush, and all manner of cactus) are quality. A nice experience.

7. Tit (5352-ft). Climbed 29 May 1985. This little mountain is shown on:
  • Horse Canyon Quad (CA, 7.5-Min, 1972) which names the peak.
  • Onyx Quad (CA, 15-Min, 1943) which does not name the peak.
Tit is easily reached via good dirt roads. Take Calif Hwy 14 south from Freeman Junction to Armistead (4 miles). Freeman Junction is the intersection of Calif-Hwys 14 and 178 (Walker Pass road). At Armistead, take the dirt road west, then follow dirt roads shown on the Freeman Junction and Horse Canyon Quads (both CA, 7.5-Min. 1972) to the scissors crossing shown at Map Location 069362 on the Horse Canyon Quad (right on the 3800-ft contour), and park. The BLM has restricted travel to a few access roads in the area to rehabilitate it from former ORV use.

Tit was climbed directly and easily from the scissors crossing, through a small area of attractive granite on the mountainside. Elevation gain is 1552-ft. The summit featured medium-size granite blocks with noticeable black crystals, Mormon tea and sparse Joshua trees. Summit views include the Scodie Mountains, Morris Peak, Owens Peak, drop-off to the Red Rock Canyon area, Black Mountain, Red Mountain, and Fremont Peak.

8. Two Teats (11387-ft). Climbed 26 July 85. These sensuous protuberances are located and named on the Devils Postpile Quad (CA, 15-Min. 1953). They need no details since they are well-known and frequently-visited by Sierra Clubbers and others. Surely, everyone appreciates the fine views, especially of the Minarets region.

9. Mokelumne Tetons (8440-ft Location). Visited 1 Sep 86. These quadrangles detail the formation:
  • Mokelumne Peak Quad (CA, 7.5-Min, 1979) which names the Mokelunne Tetons.
  • Silver Lake Quad (CA, 15-Min, 1956) which does not name them and which does a poor job of showing forest cover.
The Mokelumne Tetons are a "flying buttress" formation jutting from the west wall of the Mokelumne River Canyon and plunging 3800-ft to the river. I hiked to the topmost junction (viewpoint) of the buttress with the canyon wall, which viewpoint is at 8440-ft elevation and Map Location 529681 (measured on south and east neatlines) or 529678 (measured on south and west neatlines) on the Mokelumne Peak quadrangle.

I could not muster courage to climb out on the topmost "peaklet", an accessible but much too-airy, vertical wafer perhaps 40-ft higher than my viewpoint. There were awesome chutes plunging from the viewpoint to the river (at each side of the narrow Tetons buttress and nearby); buttress peaklets and spires; and views of the huge Mokelumne River Canyon. Bald Mokelumne Peak itself is only one mile from the viewpoint, 934-ft higher and easily reached.
 
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