Location: Kern County, about 16 miles north-northeast of Mojave, 110 miles from Los Angeles

Maps

Auto Club: Kern County

USGS Topo: Cinco 7½

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

Nearby Peaks: Cross Mountain

Distance: 8 miles round trip on road and cross-country

Gain: 3100' total, 2700' out plus 400' on return

Time: 5-7 hours round trip

Rating: Class 1, moderate

Navigation: Moderate

Leader Rating: "I", normal conditions

Original: Charlie Knapke, December 1995

DRIVING ROUTE 2

• From Mojave, drive north on SR 14 for 19.5 miles to Jawbone Canyon Road on the left. Turn left. Note your odometer and go as follows:
• At 4.1 miles, pavement ends.
• At 6.3 miles, fork with a gated road to the left. Park here. This is also the parking spot for Cross Mountain.

HIKING ROUTE 2

• From the parking area (2700'), hike past the gate for 0.4 mile to a fork to the left.
• Turn left and follow this road ("White Rock Mine Road") about a mile to where it turns left and crosses a wash.
• Leave the road on the right here and follow this wash a short distance southwest and then up to the top of the ridge straight ahead. This is about 1/4 mile south of elevation 3362'.
• Follow the ridge over several bumps until reaching the final slopes of the peak itself, where a motorcycle track comes in from the left.
• Take this motorcycle trail to the main saddle just north of Chuckwalla and then head steeply south cross-country to the summit.

Route 2 can be combined with Routes 1 and 2 for Cross Mountain to allow both peaks to be done as a loop trip without the need for a car shuttle. This trip can be done in a clockwise or counter clockwise configuration.

This route is probably unavailable (see notes for Route 1 to Cross Mountain) for a few years.