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-- A beautiful morning in the Supes with 3 great friends. We followed Joe's route directions. Easy trail to follow & also an easy/moderate hike overall. Confusing point was when we came to an area approximately 1.25 miles in on the Bluff Springs Trail -- intuitively we wanted to head North, yet there was also another cairned trail to our West. We started on the faint North trail & decided that this was not correct after .1 miles 
We turned back and headed West & realized when we arrived at the Terrapin junction that this was indeed correct. We trucked on by the Terrapin junction and looked for where the ridge met the trail/wash area just after .5 miles. No problemo! Started heading up what we assumed was Bluff Spring Mountain or 4041 or the Summit area. The brush was very thick & there was a lot of scree. 
After getting scraped, cut & one of us slipping into a cactus - we rethought what we were doing & if this was a good or really the easiest way to proceed. Carried on up to a ridge @ 3500' and called it our summit : )) Views were fabulous.
We weren't sure if we were on the right mountain & if we could easily maneuver down what we had just come up. Wish that there were a few cairns to guide us -- as the grade or difficulty was not a problem - the terrain was as was the route finding. Be that as it may, we found a less brushy way down & did have a concern about snakes, as it's still 80 degrees in the valley - WHAT?! When we got back to the Bluff Springs trail, we decided we didn't have enough hiking in - so carried on a little further to the junction of Dutchman #104. The rest is ancient history. 
On our return - we still questioned which was the "true" Bluff Springs Summit -- as where we entered off of the trail seemed to be much further East of the acutal bluff. Should we have stayed in the wash & headed West for a while before heading up? Hard to tell - Oh well. Great day, beautiful views, fun time & awesome Mexican Food for lunch & drinks close by on the 60. What can beat that? Cheers!! 
