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| Queen Mountain - Joshua Tree NP, CA | |
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Queen Mountain - Joshua Tree NP, CA
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| Hiking | 4.30 Miles |
1,418 AEG |
| | Hiking | 4.30 Miles | 2 Hrs 49 Mns | | 1.78 mph |
| 1,418 ft AEG | 24 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | I headed to Joshua Tree National Park to hike up to a couple of peaks, and my day to drive there I decided to stop and do this one. After all, it is the second highest peak in the park and is a P1K peak that is on the Sierra Club Hundred Peaks Section (HPS) peak list.
The last mile of the drive is on a dirt road that is passenger car friendly.
The first part of the hike is on an old jeep-type road, but in short time it fades to a trail and then is basically a use trail. There are some cairns along the way that are helpful, but at times the cairns go in different directions. I took a wrong turn at one point because I was following an incorrect cairned trail; but I got back on track. The climb up is steep and slippery in places, and involves some class 2 rock scrambling at times. The summit block looks intimidating at first, but there is a relatively easy way up on the NE side.
There are some nice 360 degree views at the summit. The azimuth mark is at the summit, and it points to the benchmark on a subpeak that is a few feet lower and 0.14 miles away. I was going to go over to the benchmark, but it was getting late in the afternoon and I figured it best to get back to the car.
I enjoyed this short little hike/climb! |
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| Civilization is a nice place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there |
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