Red Mountain

March 2nd, 2025 at 10:19 AMSan Bernardino County, CA

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Info

Distance

4 mi

Elevation gain

1,600 ft

Route type

Out & back

Duration

2 hr

Crux

Class 1

Quality

3/10

Vehicle type

High clearance

Ecoregion

Mojave Basin and Range

Peaks bagged

1

HPS

HPS★

Zdon

5,261 ft / Rise 2,061 ft

HPS

Hundred Peaks Section

HPS★

Hundred Peaks Section Star Peaks

Zdon

Andy Zdon's Desert Summits

Trip report

Red Mountain is a prominent volcanic cone in the western Mojave Desert. From the 2WD trailhead near the junction of Trona Road and Highway 395, drive east along a dirt road named "BLM RM0108", keeping left at a fork. I parked around 3,800 feet at the base of a steep hill.

Trip report photo for Red Mountain — Starting along the road, climbing to the saddle ahead.

Trip report photo for Red Mountain — View back toward the town of Red Mountain.

Trip report photo for Red Mountain

Trip report photo for Red Mountain — Arriving at the saddle.

Trip report photo for Red Mountain — From the saddle, turning right onto a single-track trail.

Trip report photo for Red Mountain — Joining an OHV road as it climbs to a minor saddle, ahead.

Trip report photo for Red Mountain — Flat section after the minor saddle.

Trip report photo for Red Mountain — The OHV road ends at this slope. A use trail climbs to the ridge.

Trip report photo for Red Mountain

Trip report photo for Red Mountain — Following the broad ridge to a false summit.

Trip report photo for Red Mountain — View back. Dome Mountain, high point of the Golden Valley Wilderness, is on the right.

Trip report photo for Red Mountain — Descending the false summit to a northern saddle of Red Mountain, visible ahead.

Trip report photo for Red Mountain — View back toward the false summit from Red Mountain's north slope.

Trip report photo for Red Mountain — Approaching the summit.

Trip report photo for Red Mountain — Red Mountain summit.

Trip report photo for Red Mountain — View south.

Trip report photo for Red Mountain — View northwest.

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