Awesome hike! One of my top favorites. The 360 degree views from the top are incredible and make it all worth the sweat. Not a very crowded trail. There's no warm-up, you go straight up until you hit the top and then straight back down. Very rocky and jagged. Some parts I couldn't tell where the trail was and had to follow people. There's 75yr olds that climb this mountain topless like its nothing, they put me to shame. I want to move to Cave Creek simply for the motivation that people over twice my age give me- WOW!