The trail to this point is only half a mile with 188 feet ascent, average grade at 9% and maximum grade at 42% at an altitude of 4,544 feet. Why am I telling you all this? - Well, old fat man me went up there, carrying camera, tripod and the extra big lnd heavy lense to be able to capture such a close-up without spending 3 hours or more going up the other trail.