Location: Kern County, about 15 miles east of the town of Weldon, 150 miles from Los Angeles

Maps

Auto Club: Kern County

Forest Service: Sequoia National Forest

USGS Topo: Walker Pass 7½, Owens Peak 7½, Horse Canyon 7½ (Route 2)

HPS: Route(s), waypoints and explanation of usage

Distance: 7 miles round trip on trail and cross-country

Gain: 2300'

Time: 4-5 hours round trip

Rating: Class 2, moderate

Navigation: Difficult

Original: George Wysup, February 2001

DRIVING ROUTE 1

• Take SR 14 to Mojave.
• Continue north on SR 14 to the intersection with SR 178 signed 178 West/Lake Isabella. This junction is about 40 miles north of the town of Mojave.
• Go west on SR 178 to Walker Pass.
• Continue on SR 178 for 1.0 mile to the entrance to Walker Pass Campground on the left. Park in the campground.

HIKING ROUTE 1

• From the campground parking lot (4960'), follow the signs uphill (south) to the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT).
• Turn right on the PCT and hike a little more than 1/4 mile to where it crosses the Canebrake creek bed.
• Hike south up the creek bed to where it forks at 5200'.
• Take the left fork and continue up to another fork at 5500'.
• Take the right fork. Continue southwest up the creek bed, swinging around to the southeast and up to a plateau near bump 6920'+, about 1/4 mile east of bump 7042'.
• Follow a broad ridge southeast, then east, then southeast again to the summit block.