Prospect Mountain Climbing

If you go when the gates are closed our outside of their tourist season, you can walk up 5.5 miles using the road (park near the cemetery), or 3.5 miles on the trail from the village. The first good road cut and narrows boulders can be reached by foot in 45 minutes. When the gates are open, there's a $10 fee per car to drive up.

(In normal non-covid times):
The gate will close at 6 pm through early September; second Saturday in September through end of October and the first two weeks of November the gate will close at 5 pm. On the first, second Saturday, Sunday, and Veterans' Day Monday the gate will close at 3:30pm, Weather Permitting.

Update, July 2020
The gates are open, and the entrance fees are waived as the summit amenities are closed. Don't bring ropes during tourist season and be mindful that the staff to tourist ratio is way out of whack and they have in fact fenced off the entire summit with staff positioned to prevent hikers from accessing.  The good news is that the Narrows vista boulder had plenty of parking and some shade near the Rattlesnake cobble trail.