Finally got this one, at the end of the El Camino trip. Camped at a wonderful spot at the base of the Tinaja Altas mountains. Visited by the border patrol to check permits and basically wanting to know our whereabouts for tracking purposes. Only about two miles from the border so I could understand.
The area we camped showed little change from my visit three or so years ago. No recent use we could see. Large pottery shard area still intact. Nice pools in the inner canyon. We did the trek but took a sight seeing deviation ( meaning we did not refer to map and sort of went the wrong way) which took us up part of the route I had been on before but put us north of the peak. The entire route is steep boulder hopping and watching your footing on the decomposed granite. The traverse was tricky as the ridge knife edged so we went on the side; some exposure mostly small but some big hundred foot plus stuff too. I almost bonked short of the top but got there with Brian's taunting-- uh encouragement. Great views, very small summit, last couple in register from Feb of 2009.
Descended different more direct route which had a few challenges. Weather was warm with a cold wind. Incredible geology with the tortured eroded rock and light vegetation.