You'll want to leave the trail at about a mile in where the 4WD road obviously turns into a single track trail. From here, head NNW cross-country up rather open, peaceful forest. Lots and lots of bear sign here including digging holes, scat, and a few scratch marks on the trees:
I scared something BIG off of the small meadow you reach right before the lava flow area. Never caught sight of it; probably just deer but lonely hiker minds drift to other possibilities
The summit is nothing to write home about, but a peaceful place with a beautiful view on a foggy day
Feeling like I hadn't really had my fill yet, I decided to hoof it up nearby Mt. Etna:
Etna from Fillmore trail:
This turned out to be more of an adventure, bushwhacking over dense shrub and manzanita, but worth it! A very interesting peak with a fun scramble on the Northern end
The northern aspect:
Burd has of course visited:
All in all made for a nice short day of peakbagging, can't ask for more than that!
