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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / 2008: Bikepacking in Henry Coe State Park / Day 4: Hike from Paradise Lake up Rooster Comb Trail and Orestimba Creek Road to Robison Creek and back /

I begin backtracking and look for Murphy Trail along the way, an alternate route up to Robison Mountain

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00013-murphy-trail-550px.jpg The steep road ahead doesn't look right, so I take a long break on a big rock near here and get out my mapThumbnailsFor safety reasons, I give up on the idea of hiking up Robison Mountain and continue backtracking along Orestimba Creek RoadThe steep road ahead doesn't look right, so I take a long break on a big rock near here and get out my mapThumbnailsFor safety reasons, I give up on the idea of hiking up Robison Mountain and continue backtracking along Orestimba Creek RoadThe steep road ahead doesn't look right, so I take a long break on a big rock near here and get out my mapThumbnailsFor safety reasons, I give up on the idea of hiking up Robison Mountain and continue backtracking along Orestimba Creek RoadThe steep road ahead doesn't look right, so I take a long break on a big rock near here and get out my mapThumbnailsFor safety reasons, I give up on the idea of hiking up Robison Mountain and continue backtracking along Orestimba Creek RoadThe steep road ahead doesn't look right, so I take a long break on a big rock near here and get out my mapThumbnailsFor safety reasons, I give up on the idea of hiking up Robison Mountain and continue backtracking along Orestimba Creek Road

I don't see Murphy Trail, nor a sign for it, but I could probably just walk straight up the ridge to the top of the mountain. However, with my water and energy reserves evaporating, it's probably better not to.