MJ (and Mummy) via Deer Cr. Picnic Area
(rte 158 near Las Vegas)

Pics by Harlan W S
June 19, 2021 (and views back to 2014).

There are several routes up MJ Peak, whose history is here.
The routes shown here vary from a class 1-2+ stairmaster-type grind, to a rather scary class 4 ledge route direct from the Mummy summit.The creepy traverse is the first route I took long ago, and deserves to be updated with the easier methods.

A GPS summary is here, with multiple tracks; use it at your own risk. These routes involve lots of cliffs, and gps units may go screwy near cliffs.
(Note: don't just click on the link in a browser; on a PC, right-click and use the "save link" or "save as" dialog; on a phone, "long-press" and pick "download link" or "save link as".)

This was my first time above 11,500' in a year. I had kidney stones and then a severe case of COVID-19, and had noticeable "brain fog" till last month.

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Start at the Deer Cr
Picnic Area parking
(NOT at the NLT
trailhead). Try to find
the ridge shown here;
there are remnants
of old fire roads and
a few cairns. Staying on
one ridge will make
life a lot easier.
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Where the ridge
hits the cliffs, go
NW to gully 2a,
which is quite narrow.
This is a rocky 3+
route. Click on this
image and See header
of full-size image
for instructions. Frequent
reference is made to
this map and the "dots"
therein.
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This google earth
image, with the same
tracks, shows the
gross inaccuracy of
the USGS topo map--
click to see notes in
header of full-sized
image.
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Context
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Heading S up 2a gully,
near red dot in
2nd map
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There was a bit
of snow
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View N from
shelf on side
of gully
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view NW from
orange dot in
2nd map, Mummy
Nose on left
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View S across to
Charleston ridge,
at top of 2a gully
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View S from MJ peak
with Cockscomb in
near foreground,
Cathedral Rock
behind, and Griffith
on skyline
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View W across
gap between MJ
and Mummy
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View SE from
magenta dot in
2nd map, ~class 4
route on cliffs. This
is the most direct
route from the summit
of Mummy Tummy,
but is not necessary.
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Same place,
some annotation
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view NW near
green dot. Still
on most direct
route to Mummy
from MJ.
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don't fall
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now at blue dot,
view SSE over
traverse to traditional
Mummy route
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On Tummy,
Charleston
in back
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Can't do a scale
till my back heals,
Charleston at
lower left
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View NNW from
purple dot, place
to descend
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View back NNW
from blue dot; Nick
showed me this route
in 2003
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View N from white dot,
avoiding scree by
sticking to cliffs on
east side normal
descent gully.
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Down to Deer Cr.
Shooting starts are
lush, despite drought.
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View NW where
use trail takes off
from gravel road.
One can avoid the 20'
of trespass by heading
left and uphill for
a short distance.