"Fletcher Junior" from ESE Ridge.
Spring Mountains, Nevada.

H.W.Stockman
June 15, 2025

This is a short hike, with some nice scrambling, not-so-nice brush avoidance, and about 2000' of accumulated gain over 4 miles. I was last at this peaklet 15 years before, from a prosaic western route. This lump has at most 185' of prominence. This ridge route has one stretch of bona fide class 4 near the top. I think if one were to move further NNW (climber's right) when 400' below the summit, that cl 4 stretch could be avoided. I sort-of used Kevin H.'s and Bruce S.'s tracks, but the route was obvious at large scale.
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 I struggle to recover from my accident earlier this year, and desperately needed something different from the many conditioning hikes I've been doing on local trails. The scrambling was good for the soul, but punished my ribs.

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One gets on the
WNW-trending ridge
 from the Fletcher
Canyon trail.
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Context
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View WNW
after mounting
the ridge.
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The actual ridgeline
has some obstacles
which can be climbed,
only to find a nastier
backside.
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This is the top of
the one unavoidable
class 4, just below
the final bare rock.
There is an old rope,
best avoided.
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I was actually here
to photograph
Fletcher Sr.
cliffs (view N).
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This summit
acquired another
register (not
shown) in 2022.
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Mummy Toe
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Ubiquitous
mylar balloon.
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I went out through
Fletcher Canyon
trail. Some care
must be taken
on dropping in.
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On trail, view S to
ridge one takes for
start of ascent.