In response to sidhayes' reply: Thanks for the confirmation about the route. It's a shame there is no shorter way than the Linda Vista trailhead. The first half-mile or so is also a horse trail. It'd have been nice to be able to avoid all that horse poop. I guess the bag-out rule doesn't apply to h...

I've done Pusch Peak a total of 3 times now. I see it's not very popular. But it's just under 2 miles to the top from the Linda Vista trailhead for a 360 panoramic view (@ 5300 ft), on the 3rd time (having learnt the trail) I was just under 3 hours roundtrip, which makes it a great half-day local (T...