9.52 miles of hiking • 1500' elevation gain •
We hiked to Indian Racetrack from the PCT and up to Red Mountain. The trail had a few inches of snow, for the most part. There was some deeper snow on the higher parts of the trail up Red Mountain. However, there was basically no snow on the summit. The racetrack area had a bit of melting ice and was really soggy. We attempted to tread lightly in the area and opted to return to the trailhead by the road to the lookout to avoid re-treading through the racetrack area. We saw bicycle tracks throughout the PCT to the racetrack and on the 171 trail in the direction of the road.
We had a great time that day. Wonderful views in one of my favorite wilderness areas. We did not see any other hikers. We wished we had more time to do a larger loop!
