My wife and I decided to attempt to conquer camelback mountain and we did. It's a very rough course with many steep hikes. I was able to complete it in Nike running shoes, this might I add, I do not suggest. Only because it can be slippery at times when coming down. I suggest getting there early too. The park doesn't open until sunrise but we got there at 5:30am and it opened 15 mins later. There was atleast 8-10 cars behind us waiting also. This was a Monday morning. If you begin your hike after 8pm it tends to get a little too hot I would imagine. We started around 6 got to the top around 730 or so and completed the hike down by 9. It's a good hike up and down. I loved it tho.