This area had some big pine cones scattered on the ground.
After an easy, mile-long road walk, we came to the junction with the firebreak which follows the south ridge of Bare Mtn.
The old firebreak has a nice use trail, sometimes lined with clusters of little flowers. The ridge consists of gentle, meandering stretches, separated by two steep climbs, then the final summit push. Total gain is about 1200' in 1.75 miles.
In addition to many flowers, we also saw several horny toad lizards.
We spent an hour on the summit, eating lunch, looking for the nonexistent benchmark, and picking up other people's beer cans. The sky was clear, and we could see Mt. Emma to the west and Pleasant View Ridge to the east.
The bump a little north of the summit offered a better view of the desert side, as well as the Little Rock-Palmdale reservoir.
After that we backtracked over Bare Mountain and returned down the trail.
