Location: Kern County, about 18 miles south of Ridgecrest, near the town of Red Mountain, 135 miles from Los Angeles

Maps

Auto Club: Kern County

USGS Topo: Red Mountain 7½

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

Distance: 3 1/2 miles round trip cross-country

Gain: 1500'

Time: 3 hours round trip

Rating: Class 1, moderate

Original: John Backus, January 1987

DRIVING ROUTE 2

• Follow first three instructions for Driving Route 1.
• At 21.7 miles, junction with Three Flags Highway (US 395). Turn right.
• At 24.8 miles, an abandoned garage in the town of Red Mountain. Turn left (southeast) onto a dirt road just past the garage. Note your odometer again.
• Go straight at an immediate junction.
• At 0.5 mile, a fork at a large pipeline valve. Go right.
• At 0.8 mile, a shallow saddle due east of elevation 3833'. Park here.

HIKING ROUTE 2

• From the parking area (3770'), hike up the jeep road that starts at the parking area. It turns into a trail that then disappears.
• Continue southeast up the slope passing elevation 5024' on the left, then east-northeast to elevation 5180'+.
• From here go southeast down across a saddle, and up to the summit.