Hilltop Lookout, Peak 5132 & Peak 4517
April 23, 2025


Hilltop Lookout is left of center. The pointier peak is just 10 feet higher that Hilltop


The old Hilltop Lookout sign


Walking the road to the top


Peak 6238 as seen from the top


Elevated view of the old lookout inside the fencing, taken as I was standing on the highpoint rock


Montage of the lookout building


Hilltop is the rounded peak, Peak 6238 is in back, as seen from the road as I drove down


Peak 5132


About halfway up


Approaching the summit knoll


The rocky knoll and how I got up the durn thing


Hilltop Lookout and Peak 6238 as seen from the top of Peak 5132


Summit rock of Peak 5132


North view


South view of the ridge I ascended


Southwest view


Peak 4517


On its lower slopes


On the higher ridge now


Summit cairn


Hilltop and its neighbor again


South view. The Triplet Peaks are the two dark-colored bumps. Some of the road I drove in and out on is to the right

 

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