Trip report
Mar 22, 2020 — After the recent renaming of this peak (Peak 4112)'s adjacent higher point Pupfish Peak, I decided to call this peak Little Pupfish Peak since that sounds better than "Peak 4112". If someone who hiked this peak before me is upset by this, let me know.
Austin was sick of hiking uphill, so he ran the dirt road for extra exercise while I got this little peak because I've got the peakbagging sickness to the max. I pushed myself hard on this one, practically running up and down to tire myself out. It might have just been a cardio high, but I thought this was a really cute, fun little summit north of Pahrump that needs only a couple of hours and the knowledge that it exists.
The road leading out to the trailhead was a little rocky, but fine for pretty much any car moving slowly. I left the road and headed southeast through the desert toward a minor drainage, the first I encountered. Some light Class 2 brought me to the head of the drainage and then up to the west ridge of Little Pupfish Peak, Class 2. The ridge mellowed out a bit as it gained vertical. A short Class 2+ move along the summit ridge served as the only real obstacle on the route. A somewhat steep, but still pleasant slope led to the summit. Great views north toward the cliffs bands on Pupfish Peak's south face.