Today we did another new hike. This hike is described in the guidebook "Goldfield Mountain Hikes" and is called the Peak 3004 Loop. The names of the hills in the guidebook refer to their altitude as printed on the USGS topographic maps. This hike began at the Meridian parking lot and headed north to the Bulldog Saddle. The trail was gradual at first and then got much steeper and quite rocky. From the saddle the trail headed downhill towards hill 2290. It got fainter as it went and disappeared entirely near the bottom. We then bushwhacked around the north side of hill 2290 and began the climb towards the Pass Mountain Saddle. Cairns marked the way and soon a defined trail appeared. We followed that to the intersection with the Pass Mountain Trail just before the saddle. From there we took the Pass Mountain Trail down back to the parking lot. The hike was about 5.3 miles long with about 1000' of elevation gain. The only problem we had was Karen getting a cholla piece stuck in her leg. I used a multi-tool and comb to get it out. The multi-tool is used to grab onto the piece and the comb holds it away from the skin so it doesn't get stuck again while being pulled out.
Karen heading up the trail to the Bulldog Saddle.
Hill 3009.
Karen at the Bulldog Saddle.
Karen heading up towards the Pass Mountain
Saddle with hill 2290 in the background.
Ross at the intersection with the Pass Mountain Trail.
Looking back towards the Pass Mountain Saddle.
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