Trip report
Apr 13, 2018 — Initially I just wanted to visit Eagle Rocks because they looked cool in photos and they're in an area of the Mojave National Preserve that I haven't visited, but after some research, Bob Burd outlined a Class 4 route to the highest pinnacle and that made this little outing more exciting. Eagle Rocks is in a beautiful area, so it's worth a visit even if getting the high point isn't your thing.
I started west through the desert from the easy-to-access Mid Hills Campground, making my way down and out of a dip in the landscape before reaching the southern pinnacles of Eagle Rocks. I skirted their base as I headed north to the base of the highest pinnacle. Some Class 2 led up to more difficult scrambling on the southeast side of the high pinnacle. I took slgihtly different routes on my ascend and descent to reach the north side of the pinnacle, but there are numerous Class 3 options to get around the boulders. Once on the peak's north side, I started up the Class 4 set of moves. The first felt the most scary to me due to the exposed slab, but it continued to be a bit sketchy, sticking around the Class 3/4 for the next few moves to the summit.
I backtracked down the sketchy stuff and scrambled generally east, headed through the desert, and picked up my approach route to get back to the car.