Distance: 1.1 miles round trip cross country
Summit Elevation: 3065'
Elevation Gain: 450'
Elevation Gain (in Empire State Buildings): 0.3
Round trip time: 45 minutes
Recommended water: 0 oz.
Parking/Fees: Free on Hillview Truck Trail
Difficulty: Easy
Another Iron Mountains High Point, BLM land in San Bernardino County like the one I did earlier this month. The drive in was on very good dirt roads, high clearance and 4x4 not needed. This Iron Mountain was the easiest by far and had nothing unique about it to recommend. Low angle open desert with volcanic rocks. It's situated east of Barstow and was on nobody's to do list (except Bob Burd, of course). I visited because it checked another box on my Iron Mountains in California list. It was very cold to start, 27F. There was a fallen radio antenna on top, and a fallen wooden marker that I stood back up. No register, no marks. On the way down, I found an empty desert tortoise shell. I've never seen a live desert tortoise in the wild. That would be something.
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