
Starting from the wilderness boundary, I followed illegal to drive dirt roads to the base of Rumppah Point.

Along the northwest ridge, view back toward the highway and the Resting Spring Range.

Straightforward hiking up the slope.

Higher up on the slope, I side-hilled on the right to avoid a bump along the ridge. Rumppah Point visible center.

Flatter section as I ascend to Rumppah Point.

View back. I avoided the hump on the left by side-hilling center of this photo.

Close-up of the ascent slope still to come.

View back at my progress.

Class 2 ahead.

A shot back at some cool formations along the ridgeline.

View back along the ridgeline.

Class 2. Rumppah Point is hidden top center.

Keeping right here leads to the safer Class 3 route, and left (out of frame) leads up the ridge crest to the knife-edge option. I took the knife-edge option on the way up.

Headed along the ridgeline toward the knife-edge, but first some scree and then some light Class 3.

View back along the ridge, just below the knife-edge.

Rumppah Point knife edge.

Close-up of the crux. A couple of steps along the crest leads to a short, exposed down-climb on the left, then traverses to the bush in the center of this photo. Note: If I had taken the bypass route mentioned a few photos earlier, I'd be below on the right.

The knife edge bit past the short down-climb.

Short scramble along the crest to reach a false summit.

View back along the knife-edge from the false summit. Note: the bypass route comes up from below on the left.

Close-up of the knife-edge. This false summit is where I located a somewhat safer Class 3 downclimb on my left.

Final Class 2/2+ set of moves to gain the true summit, seen ahead.

Rumppah Point, view north.

Close-up north.

Rumppah Point, view south toward Pahrump Point and the rest of the Nopah Range.

A shot at the bypass route (seen top right), which I descended from. Center left is the knife edge.
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