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Feb 19, 2020 — A sandy road not suitable without AWD led us to a very steep hill, preventing us from driving the remaining half mile to the trailhead. We followed the road by foot instead, which continued past a wilderness boundary sign. The road slowly deteriorated as it navigated the Orocopia Mountains High Point foothills. A small cairn (that we improved on) marked a spot to leave the very old road on the right, and a well-beaten social trail led south up a slope. The trail became slightly less obvious at some points as we progressed. A series of ups and downs along the slopes brought us to the summit stretch, where we encountered a teeny bit of rockiness, but not enough to even call it Class 2. The views south toward the Salton Sea were nice. The return was a little more difficult because all the hills kind of look the same and Whiley and I got a little confused, so try to take note of the hills you're coming up rather than mindlessly following the social trail like we did.
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