Great hike with amazing views. 12 miles out and back trail. 10,834 ft peak. 2318 ft. gain. I could see Catalina island and the Salton sea with the 360 views. Beware elevation. Some people had trouble breathing. I did ok. Mostly shady but ridgeline exposed. Limited to no cell service. Few spots on ridgline worked. 2 hour drive from San Diego to get to Palm Springs tram. Got to tram station at 730. 10 dollars to park. I was unable to buy a ticket online so had to go to ticket booth 28$. They said they only sell about 30 tickets online per hour and rest are walkup. Plenty of room in cars. I think 60-80 capacity. 9 min. ride up. Amazing views of the desert as the floor rotates. Once at the top station head out back to the trail area. You'll go down a pretty steep cement ramp. At the bottom is a ranger station where you need to get your permit. The ranger gave us info on where to return as to not get on wrong trail. All set. I head out on trail which starts to climb right away. Not to bad first 2 miles then the steepness hits. About a mile with some serious elevation gain. Once you hit round valley at 9100 ft. your about halfway there. It's uphill still but not quite as steep. Just long and steady. Near wellman divide you will turn and be on a long ridgeline with a few switchbacks. I had limited cell service on the ridgeline with Verizon. Was able to send few message out here. Keep goin up the ridgeline with amazing views of Palm Springs and Salton sea. You come to a final switchback and its about .3 miles from there. At the top is a mild rock scramble. Not too bad. Took about 3 hours to the top. Took few minutes at top for pics and snack. Headed back down. Long and steady downhill. Trail rocky in alot of spots and other parts a cleaner trail. Made to the ranger station and turned in my permit. Then I headed back to the tram. About 3 hours down. Made it to tram at 3:45. In my car by 4p.m. I forgot about the steep uphill cement walkaway. Ugh. Kicked my butt. Especially after a 12 mile hike at altitude. Everyone was taking breaks at the switchbacks on this walkway. It was fairly crowded in this area since alot of people come to this point and no further. The tram area was busy so I got in the boarding area and got on the next tram. I waited 5 minutes and was heading down the mountain. Got down and made it to the car. Ahh. What a day but so worth it.