To get to the top of Lone Mountain you have a few options.
One of those options includes scrambling up the side of the mountain, which is what we did on our most recent hike.
This particular route (if you can call it that) is basically a free for all, scramble to the top. There is some exposure and there were some parts that did scare me a little, though I found that when I did this hike for the second time I did not get scared in these same spots – which was really cool.