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Apr 25, 2018 — Take the Crest Trail from the large Ski Apache parking lot. On the way, the Crest Trail passes through burned forest and has views of eye-sore ski routes on the adjacent mountain slope, but it's a pleasant trail walk. The trail asends to the junction with the Lookout Mountain Trail, which will eventually take you south along the ridge to the summit of Lookout Mountain. I left the trail briefly to summit White Mountain Wilderness High Point before heading south on the Lookout Mountain Trail.
From the summit of Lookout Mountain, you can see the route up to Sierra Blanca Peak, as well as the ridgeline leading to Nogal Peak, Valley of Fires and the Capitan Mountains in the distance. Continue briefly on a dirt road to the saddle between Lookout Mountain and Sierra Blanca Peak. The trail disappears, but the ridgeline is obvious to the summit of Sierra Blanca Peak, with low Class 2 scrambling and a really nice rocky ridgeline.
After summiting, from the bump between the two peaks, head down a dirt road that leads past multiple ski lift gondolas to make the route a loop.
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