From Jackass Canyon, starting along a northern loop of Powerline Road. It's unclear if this is considered part of the Mojave Wilderness.View back toward Jackass Canyon.Stay right.Entering a wash to the north of Old Dad Mountain.View back down the wash.Dropping into a gully.Exiting the gully for the slope on the right.View back.Starting up Old Dad Mountain's east face.View back.Class 2.View back.Traversing along a ledge at 3,600 feet to bypass steep cliffs on the left.View back along the ledge.Steep Class 2 after the ledge.The grade lessens about 200 vertical feet from the summit.View back.Old Dad Mountain summit. View south.View west.View north. In the distance, Clark Mountain (right) and the snowcapped Spring Mountains (right of center).
