Distance: 1.3 miles round trip on dirt road
Summit Elevation: 6241'
Elevation Gain: 315'
Elevation Gain (in Empire State Buildings): 0.2
Round trip time: 45 minutes
Recommended water: 0 oz.
Parking/Fees: Free on Mormon Emmigrent Road
Difficulty: Easy
We had a week long family reunion at Lake Tahoe. I took off one morning to pick up the Iron Mountain in El Dorado County, about a 2 hour drive southeast. There wasn't much info on it, but it was close to a drive up. From highway 88, I took Mormon Emigrent Road and parked at the start of a dirt road that headed up the mountain. Mormon Emigrent Road was paved, at least as far as I went. It was a short hike and I could have done it without my pack, but since I dragged it up here, I took it. I followed the road about half way, then left it for open country. This Iron appeared to be part of a lumber operation and most of the trees had been cut and removed. The summit had a small rock in the middle of the wasteland. Views were so-so. After the summit, I wandered over to the abandoned fire lookout where only the foundation remained. It looked like there used to be a benchmark at the lookout, but it was missing. I took a more direct route back to the truck.
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