** Use at Your Own Risk **
02E |
Pinyon Peak |
6805' |
Location: Kern County, about 11 miles east of the town of Weldon, 153 miles from Los Angeles
Maps
- Auto Club: Kern County
- Forest Service: Sequoia National Forest
- USGS Topo: Walker Pass 7½
- HPS: Route(s), waypoints and explanation of usage
ROUTE 1
- Distance: 5 miles round trip cross-country
- Gain: 3100' total, 2800' out plus 300' on return
- Time: 4-5 hours round trip
- Rating: Class 1, moderate
Original: J. C. Jenkins, 1978
DRIVING ROUTE 1
- Take SR 14 to Mojave.
- Continue north on SR 14 to the intersection with SR 178 (Freeman Junction).
- Go west on SR 178 to Walker Pass.
- Continue on SR 178 for 3 miles to the Walker Pass Lodge ruins.
- Continue 0.7 mile and park off the pavement on either side of the highway.
HIKING ROUTE 1
- Hike southwest up the slope to the top of a low ridge just east of elevation 5101'.
- Turn right and hike west up to elevation 5101'.
- Turn south and hike up the steep slope to the top of another ridge at 6050'.
- Turn right and hike west over bump 6822' and down into the saddle on the other side.
- From here hike southwest up the ridge to the summit. Keep left of the brush as you approach the summit.
ROUTE 2
Permission to park on and cross private property is required.
- Distance: 6 miles round trip on road and cross-country
- Gain: 2300'
- Time: 5-6 hours round trip
- Rating: Class 1, moderate
Original: Jim T. Carriel
DRIVING ROUTE 2
- Take SR 14 to Mojave.
- Continue north on SR 14 to the intersection with SR 178 (Freeman Junction).
- Go west on SR 178 to Walker Pass.
- Continue west on SR 178 for 3 miles to where two roads intersect on the left just before Walker Pass Lodge. Next to the dirt roads are a series of mailboxes.
- Park where previously instructed by the land owner.
HIKING ROUTE 2
- Hike up the road on the right (west) for 0.4 mile to a turn-around.
- Hike west about a mile up the canyon keeping to its right side.
- Turn south, cross the creek bed, and climb up to the top of the ridge just west of elevation 5758'.
- Turn right and follow the ridge west up to the peak.
Contact the current Hundred Peaks Section outings chair to obtain the information required to contact the land owner for Route 2.
CAMPING
About a mile past Walker Pass is the entrance on the left for Walker Pass Campground. There are restrooms and water during summer months. There are walk-in primitive sites. There are no fees or reservations at this time.
NOTE
Scodie Mountain, Pinyon Peak, Onyx Peak #2, and Skinner Peak lie in the Kiavah Wilderness which is bounded on the south by the road over Bird Spring Pass and on the north by SR 178 and Walker Pass.
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Hundred Peaks Section, Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club
Published 1-January-2003
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