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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 pass a marker indicating that the trail continues straightahead (which seems obvious to me)

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What I don't realize is that I'm at a junction with a faint trail. Turning left up the steep hill here leads to the Rooster Comb Summit (that's marked on the side of the post that I'm not looking at).

The other thing I don't realize is that I'm looking at Robison Mountain, my alleged destination. I should be looking at my map, but I'm too consumed by hiking bliss.