I did Aldrich Butte based on a route handed to me by acorn woodpecker he's calling "Aldrich Direct." A narrow ridge approach from the south straight up to intersect the road just before topping out. A short off-trail excursion - be forewarned if you try this, I did run into a band of poison oak on the way up.
Just before the road, steep but a nice stair step on mossy boulders.
Nice views from a long narrow ridge.
Munra with Tanner in the background:
So I went straight up the front of Aldrich and to get off I went straight down the back to land on the Cedar Mtn trail. Saw glimpses of the falls - for a return trip. Cedar Mtn was a hoot with nice views from a rustic trail - will make a nice lower elevation loop with the PCT when winter finally arrives.
SnP rock from Cedar Mtn (I think that was where this was taken - could be from the west ridge of Table):
I got off Cedar to hook up with the West Ridge route up Table. Jeez, how have I not been doing this one, what a hoot and great views.
TCR, Lookout and Little Lookout Mtn. So I need to go back over my photos from TCR and see if I can spot this location.
Saw folks making their way up the boulder field.
The rest are just photos from Table in no particular order.
Saw Jeff in the distance.
Selfie
Around 10 miles, ~4500' EG, almost 7 hours of which about 1.5 hours were spent taking photos. Great day, one of my newly found favorite hikes of all time.
From GE:
From NG TOPO
Thanks for posting, it makes me want to explore the area even more.