According to the topo, the BM sits very slightly below the highpoint, on the SW side of the summit area (~5440').
Cecelia and I had spent Sunday working on the Yerba Buena Trail with the Tujunga Trails Posse. We set up camp at Iron Mountain Saddle, and so took a side trip to Tin BM just before sunset.
We walked up the Mendenhall Ridge Road to a saddle on the SW side of Tin. There is a great view of Condor here.
Then we scrambled up the ridge, following a set of footprints from a recent human visitor.
There was a little bit of brush-dodging, and the 240' of gain is somewhat steep--nothing very bad though. Overall it was a nice side excursion, and we easily found the 1945 benchmark on top.
- Cecelia at the BM location.
- Cecelia on the north ridge.
