Monument Peak and Eagle Rock Lookout
Shasta-Trinity National Forest Click for map Monument Peak was a whim to fill in the day of hiking lost to not finding East Fork Divide Trail. It happens to have 1000 feet of prominence and isn't reachable by car. Others can drive a lot closer than I can. I actually drove a little bit of road (that has been downgraded from improved gravel to unimproved) until an easy parking spot. The peak had not been saved on my Peakbagger app, but a nearby and much less prominent peak had been. If I was feeling it, I'd take the extra 1.5 mile walk to that one and find out why. The number of hunters past inspired me to pull out the biggest wad of orange I had: my long sleeve BFTA shirt. It's very bright. The view out over Corral Creek. The Monument Fire was here in 2021 too. I walked a rather smooth road although the last bit I'd driven had been mildly rough. There was evidence of once having a thin paving. Bituminous surface treatment, they call it. It is long gone in most