Pinyon Peak
Kiavah Wilderness (USFS/BLM), CAInfo
Distance5.5 mi
Elevation gain3,200 ft
Duration4 hr
CruxClass 1
Route typeOut & back
Quality5/10
Vehicle to trailheadCar
RegionSouthern Sierra Nevada
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Starting up a steep slope from Walker Pass Road.
View back.
Contouring a small prominence. Wildflowers abundant.
Approaching a steep, 900-foot slope.
Gaining an eastern spur of Pinyon Peak.
View north toward a colorful, unnamed peak (Peak 5797).
View back toward Walker Pass (right).
Pinyon Peak's summit comes into view (left).
Navigating deadfall and brush.
Contouring toward Pinyon Peak's forested northern slope.
Easy grade near the summit.
View back toward Owens Peak (left of center).
Pinyon Peak summit.
View southeast. Scodie Mountain is on the right.
View south across a plateau within the Kiavah Wilderness.
