While the area is very dry and barren the views are far reaching.
Hike granite rabbit iron round.
Round top is on the original hundred peaks list.
A little breeze helped to keep the temperature down a little.
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.
The trail is primarily used for hiking camping nature trips and backpacking.
10 5 miles round trip on dirt road firebreak and use trail summit elevation.
4275 monte cristo 5040 iron 3 6316 round top 6600 granite 5307 rabbit prominence.
We began the hike at 8 00 following stag up ridges to the summit of iron the last arriving there at 9 10.
Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.
2 miles and then follow the road to the right at the first intersection.
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.
Granite mountain and roundtop from iron mountain.
Like the conditioning hikes and the friday social hikes the hps hikes are open to the general public.
6 hours 30 minutes recommended water.
For variety we hiked around the west side of rabbit and climbed the steep slope arriving at 10 25.
3 34 round trip time.
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.
4175 elevation gain in empire state buildings.
We were the first climbers in the 90 s to sign in.
The peaks is usually done with rabbit peak iron mountain 3 and granite mountain in what is called the monte cristo loop.
From the campground you can also hike a loop and bag 4 summits in one trip.
A loop hike including iron 3 roundtop pacifico granite 1 rabbit 1.
In this case you would hike iron mountain 3 round top mountain granite mountain and then end with rabbit peak.
From the summit of rabbit we continued plodding up the steep firebreak to the summit of granite.
Granite mountain is the highpoint on a popular loop trail connecting iron mountain round top granite and rabbit peak.
Rabbit is often climbed as part of a loop trip with granite peak 1 round top and iron mountain 3.
320 iron 3 400 granite elevation gain.
This loop can be done in either a clockwise or this is a full day trip.
