Class 2 2.5 miles 1400 gain 2-4 hrs Out + Back Apr 19, 2020
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Stud Mountain GPX Track

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I obviously intitially wanted to do Stud Mountain simply because of its name, but it ended up being a fun little scramble with an approach far away from pretty much anything else. Google navigated me well to this point: 32.87815, -114.74941 and then I took the left dirt road leading to the trailhead coordinates for this hike, mid-clearance sufficient.

I started southeast up a minor rocky drainage, keeping to the right and ascending on whatever slope felt the least steep, nothing past Class 2. Once on the ridge, Class 2 moves on fun and mostly solid rock brought me most of the way along the crest to a false summit just north of the true summit of Stud Mountain. A bit more mellow terrain continued to the top, a single Class 2+ move along the way.

PEAKS ON HIKE
Elevation (ft) / Prominence (ft)
Peaks on hike
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Prominence
1
Stud Mountain
2130 ft
1210 rise

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The false summit of Stud Mountain visible ahead. I headed into a drainage on the left.
The false summit of Stud Mountain visible ahead. I headed into a drainage on the left.
Within the rocky drainage, headed up to the ridge.
Within the rocky drainage, headed up to the ridge.
On the ridge crest, continuing south.
On the ridge crest, continuing south.
Looking back at the Class 2. My car is too small to see, but it's near the center of this photo where the mountain's shadow is.
Looking back at the Class 2. My car is too small to see, but it's near the center of this photo where the mountain's shadow is.
Continuing along the Class 2 ridge.
Continuing along the Class 2 ridge.
False summit of Stud Mountain ahead.
False summit of Stud Mountain ahead.
Looking back from the false summit.
Looking back from the false summit.
Continuing on mellow terrain to the true summit.
Continuing on mellow terrain to the true summit.
Stud Mountain ahead.
Stud Mountain ahead.
Looking back from just below the summit of Stud Mountain.
Looking back from just below the summit of Stud Mountain.
Stud Mountain summit ahead.
Stud Mountain summit ahead.
Stud Mountain summit, view toward Picacho Peak in the distance.
Stud Mountain summit, view toward Picacho Peak in the distance.

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