From the summit of rabbit we continued plodding up the steep firebreak to the summit of granite.
Hike granite rabbit iron round.
2 miles and then follow the road to the right at the first intersection.
4175 elevation gain in empire state buildings.
We began the hike at 8 00 following stag up ridges to the summit of iron the last arriving there at 9 10.
None of these peaks of themselves all have roads that come within a couple hundred feet of the summit and round top has a road all the way up are particularly challenging but the loop connecting them is an enjoyable and scenic outing requiring about a half day for an average hiker.
While the area is very dry and barren the views are far reaching.
At monte cristo campground we tossed a coin to determine whether the hike would be conducted in a clockwise direction rabbit granite round top iron or counter clockwise iron round top granite rabbit and counter clockwise won.
Like the conditioning hikes and the friday social hikes the hps hikes are open to the general public.
A loop hike including iron 3 roundtop pacifico granite 1 rabbit 1.
A little breeze helped to keep the temperature down a little.
6 hours 30 minutes recommended water.
This loop can be done in either a clockwise or this is a full day trip.
3 34 round trip time.
320 iron 3 400 granite elevation gain.
10 5 miles round trip on dirt road firebreak and use trail summit elevation.
We were the first climbers in the 90 s to sign in.
From the campground you can also hike a loop and bag 4 summits in one trip.
In this case you would hike iron mountain 3 round top mountain granite mountain and then end with rabbit peak.
4275 monte cristo 5040 iron 3 6316 round top 6600 granite 5307 rabbit prominence.
A couple people from the group who do the wednesday night sierra club conditioning hike decided they would get back into doing hundred peaks section hikes by joining a triple list finish.
Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.
You follow the initial dirt road for only approx.
The peaks is usually done with rabbit peak iron mountain 3 and granite mountain in what is called the monte cristo loop.
Granite mountain is the highpoint on a popular loop trail connecting iron mountain round top granite and rabbit peak.
Round top is on the original hundred peaks list.
Round top is officially called roundtop on usgs topo maps but has been called round top by the sierra club since atleast the 1940 s.
Granite mountain and roundtop from iron mountain.
The trail is primarily used for hiking camping nature trips and backpacking.
