Starting from the Angeles Crest Fire Station.Joining the Mount Lukens Truck Trail.Leaving the road for a firebreak along Hawks Peak's south ridge.Brushy, but can be avoided for the most part.View back toward the town of Altadena.Hawks Peak summit.Summit cairn and register.View northeast toward Point 3791 (right of center). Mount Pickens is the taller peak behind it.Short climb to Point 3791.View back toward Hawks Peak.Point 3791 summit.Descending Point 3791.Following the ridge.Rejoining the Mount Lukens Truck Trail.Approaching Mount Picken's south ridge.Light bushwhack to gain the ridge.About halfway up Mount Picken's south ridge, view back.The ridge flattens out before rising the last 200 feet to the summit.Topping out at a false summit. The high point of Mount Pickens lies a few hundred feet ahead.Mount Pickens summit.View southeast.After retracing my steps down the firebreak, I returned along Mount Lukens Truck Trail.Landslide blocking the road.From Mount Lukens Truck Trail, I turned right onto this dirt road heading toward Bee Flat.A teepee marks the high point of Bee Flat.Taking a shortcut through a meadow to reconnect with Mount Lukens Truck Trail.View back toward the Bee Flat high point shortly before rejoining Mount Lukens Truck Trail.
