Such a fun day! After eyeing this peak when driving over Sonora Pass for years, I finally had a day where the timing worked out. The trail sections are very runnable, especially on the way back. The first section of cross country up to Tower Pass is straight forward, but then heading up toward the peak I was having too much fun scrambling and went way too far east. All told this probably added about an hour or so to then come back over to the west side of the ridge and climb the final bit to the summit from there. It was such a blast though, I wouldn't change a thing about the day! You are near water the whole time that you're on trail, so filtering was very easy. The trail section also has quite a bit of shade. For someone who is mostly a trail runner but comfortable with some scrambling, this is really a perfect day. A wise friend once told me: life is great off highway 108!