Starting off along a 4x4 road.Straightforward climb up a steep slope.Veering left toward a minor saddle.View back.Following the ridge to the summit.Stoddard Ridge summit. View west. Stoddard Mountain is the reddish peak in the distance (left of center).View southeast toward the Ord Mountains.View south. Sidewinder Mountain (left) sits opposite North Lucerne Valley below.Returning to the car along the path of an old power line whose wooden stumps remain.