Topo and GPS tracks for todays ~6mi, 2100ft scramble up to Hawkins Peak from Burnside Lake road. I had intended to include Hawkins in yesterday's outing, but weather intervened.
Hawkins is my 14th OGUL peak.
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Parked a the turnoff for the Burnside Mine and then backtracked a few feet to the trailhead. (The Burnside mine is the 2nd left turn about 3mi past the entrance gate)
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The initial trail was an old 4wd road near Hawkins Creek. It was signed with ORV notices, but no other identification markings.
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The forest cover of the trailhead was misleading- the road quickly climbed out of the creek canyon and up to the exposed ridgeline.
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First look at Hawkins in the distance off to the right.
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And Waterhouse was visible off to the left.
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The road climbed about 600ft in a little over a mile and reminded me a bit of the ranch roads in Henry Coe.
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The view of Hawkins now unobstructed. Today's route would be across the slope to the left of the peak.
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A much nicer shot of Pickett than I had gotten in yesterdays crappy lighting. Climbed that chute on the far right yesterday.
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