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Apr 11, 2020 — I recommend approaching this peak via the Wiley's Well Road, or from Bradshaw Trail from the west. The road from the east is rocky and a little scary on the tires. Once at the spur road turn off (33.49092, -114.79442), we continued north to reach the trailhead. This spur road requires mid-clearance until where we parked. Some road walking led us to the south finger coming down from Mule Mountain Benchmark, the high point. We followed this ridge on Class 2 terrain, with some low Class 3 obstacles. It was pretty loose in spots, but not unpleasant. After the first bit of ridgeline, we scrambled up a loose and steep Class 2 gully, route-finding a bit to avoid sketchy-looking rock outcroppings, some more difficult Class 2 stuff along the way before reaching the summit ridgeline.
Once on the summit of Mule Mountain Benchmark, we noted Mule Peak to the southeast and decided to drop down the major gully from Mountain Benchmark to get over to the saddle with Mule Peak. From the saddle of the two peaks, a Class 2 slope led to a pretty ridgeline with one obstacle near the summit, which we bypassed on the right. The last signature in the summit register was from 41 years ago!
We headed back along the ridgeline for a hundred feet and dropped to the northwest down the most reasonable-looking Class 2 slope we could locate to get down from Mule Peak. I almost want to recommend back-tracking to the saddle of the two peaks because this gully we descended was steep, fairly loose, and slower-moving.
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