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bushwhacking to Pipsqueak?
« on: January 03, 2012, 10:49:58 AM »
Hi gang-

Going to head there this weekend but have friends that couldn't find the trail to get to it last time they tried. 

Is there a trick/landmark for the trail head or is it just pretty overgrown?
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Re: bushwhacking to Pipsqueak?
« Reply #1 on: January 03, 2012, 11:04:14 AM »
There was some brush maneuvering as I recall, but if you come in from above on the trail and work your way back it's mostly brush free compared to other formations.
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Re: bushwhacking to Pipsqueak?
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2012, 07:09:39 AM »
I head up to Pipsqueak Pinnacle occasionally for raptor monitoring, and from the High Peaks Trail, there isn't really a clearly defined access trail that I know of. The easiest approach I've come up with is to walk up the High Peaks Trail until you get at a 90-degree angle from the ridge that Pipsqueak (and Snout to the north) are on, then scramble upslope from the trail, near a decaying bit of log on the right side... You can pretty much avoid brush on the way up to the ridge, but it is steep. Once on the ridge, a faint route threads you through the chaparral to get to Pipsqueak... As Munge says, it isn't very brushy compared to other formations.

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Re: bushwhacking to Pipsqueak?
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2012, 10:43:59 AM »
formation will be closed this coming weekend most likely, since bird closures go into effect tomorrow, IIRC.
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Re: bushwhacking to Pipsqueak?
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2012, 05:56:20 PM »
I get lost easily so I always mount the ridge from the trail's closest approach and follow it until I run into Pip.