Distance: 2.8 miles round trip on trail
Summit Elevation: 5457'
Prominence: 937'
Elevation Gain: 1098'
Elevation Gain (in Empire State Buildings): 0.9
Round trip time: 1 hours 45 minutes
Recommended water: 32 oz.
Parking/Fees: $30 National Parks Fee (1 car good for 7 days)
Difficulty: Easy
This was on a family vacation to Joshua Tree for a few days. We had kids and dog in tow which limited what we could do. We took Shelby and the dog on a short trail outside the park in the morning. In the afternoon, Leisa and I decided to hit up some of the easy HPS peaks in the park. Since it was spring break, the park was swarming with people. Ryan Mountain (HPS #238) is a very popular hike. We found a parking spot at the trailhead and started up wearing masks. There were some giant rock structures on the north side of the mountain where the trail starts. The trail was a well defined single track. We met about 25 people on the way up and another 25 on the way down. An NPS crew was doing trail maintenance about half way up the trail, but it didn't slow the flow of people. The summit area was long and there was a competing high point of black lava rock not far from the official summit. There was a pole on the summit, but benchmarks and no register. Views were good but degraded from afternoon haze. On the way back, we stopped at the lava peak and I could not tell which was higher. When we got down, we drove south toward Mount Inspiration.
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