I’ve been looking up at Mount Wilson from my back porch for the past 6 years. I didn’t find it particularly difficult. I usually don’t start moving like a tortoise until closer to 10,000’. Once we got to the top, it was nice to visit the observatory. We hadn’t been up there since 2011. We did a loop trail starting from Chantry Flat then up over Sturtevant Falls on the Lower Gabrielino Trail passing through Sturtevant Camp and then finally the Sturtevant Trail to Mount Wilson. On the way down we took the Mount Wilson Trail to Mount Wilson Toll Road back onto Mount Wilson Trail to Winter Creek Trail to Lower Winter Creek Trail and back to Chantry Flat. We’ll have to do this one again sometime when the Cosmic Cafe is open so we can get ice cream cones at the top.