Hike Granite Rabbit Iron Round

We began the hike at 8 00 following stag up ridges to the summit of iron the last arriving there at 9 10.

Hike granite rabbit iron round.

Granite mountain is the highpoint on a popular loop trail connecting iron mountain round top granite and rabbit peak. We were the first climbers in the 90 s to sign in. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash. At monte cristo campground we tossed a coin to determine whether the hike would be conducted in a clockwise direction rabbit granite round top iron or counter clockwise iron round top granite rabbit and counter clockwise won.

6 hours 30 minutes recommended water. 320 iron 3 400 granite elevation gain. Round top is on the original hundred peaks list. 10 5 miles round trip on dirt road firebreak and use trail summit elevation.

3 34 round trip time. Like the conditioning hikes and the friday social hikes the hps hikes are open to the general public. Rabbit is often climbed as part of a loop trip with granite peak 1 round top and iron mountain 3. A couple people from the group who do the wednesday night sierra club conditioning hike decided they would get back into doing hundred peaks section hikes by joining a triple list finish.

A little breeze helped to keep the temperature down a little. Granite mountain and roundtop from iron mountain. A loop hike including iron 3 roundtop pacifico granite 1 rabbit 1. This loop can be done in either a clockwise or this is a full day trip.

4175 elevation gain in empire state buildings. For variety we hiked around the west side of rabbit and climbed the steep slope arriving at 10 25. The peaks is usually done with rabbit peak iron mountain 3 and granite mountain in what is called the monte cristo loop. In this case you would hike iron mountain 3 round top mountain granite mountain and then end with rabbit peak.

None of these peaks of themselves all have roads that come within a couple hundred feet of the summit and round top has a road all the way up are particularly challenging but the loop connecting them is an enjoyable and scenic outing requiring about a half day for an average hiker. Round top is officially called roundtop on usgs topo maps but has been called round top by the sierra club since atleast the 1940 s. From the summit of rabbit we continued plodding up the steep firebreak to the summit of granite. You follow the initial dirt road for only approx.

While the area is very dry and barren the views are far reaching. From the campground you can also hike a loop and bag 4 summits in one trip. Rabbit peak granite mountain and roundtop is a 10 7 mile moderately trafficked loop trail located near mount wilson california that features a river and is rated as difficult.