The sign at the trailhead frames Iron Mountain.
Tree-lined trail at the beginning.
Unidentified wildflower (help us identify it by providing feedback).
View to the south at the beginning of the trail.
The first stretch is a straight, gradual, climb.
The trail requires some scrambling over rocks.
Rock formations along the trail.
Rock formations dot the landscape.
Rock formations dot the landscape.
Rock formations dot the landscape.
Unidentified wildflower (help us identify it by providing feedback).
Rock formations dot the landscape.
Sideblotched lizard (Uta stansburiana).
Nearing the summit and looking down over switchbacks.
Sticky monkeyflower (Mimulus aurantiacus).
Some rocks form recognizeable shapes - here's a stone troll.
View west from the summit.
View west from the summit.
View of St. Vicente Reservoir to the south.
View to the southeast.