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Nov 08, 2019 — Cherum Peak has a surprisingly good trail leading to its summit, and the road leading to the trailhead was in really good shape, though fairly long to justify such a short hike. I should note that although Big Wash Road is actually a loop of sorts, don't take the southern side of the loop because it's apparently awful. You should turn onto Big Wash Road here (35.4175, -114.27396).
The trail meanders along the northern slopes of Cherum Peak, switchbacking up into a forested section and a cattle guard before hitting an old forest road. After following the old forest road for a short time along the ridge, the trail diverges from the dirt road on the right and ascends up a few switchbacks to the summit. There was one Class 2 move to gain the summit block.
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