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03B

Location: Kern County, about 5 miles west of Tehachapi, 115 miles from Los Angeles

Easy, 4 miles round trip, 2200' gain, 4-5 hours
Moderate navigation on grassy slopes with many cattle paths
There is a roadside fence to cross. This is a drift fence to stop cattle from straying.
Original: Dave Comerzan, 20081

Drive to the junction of SR 58 and SR 14 on the north side of the town of Mojave.
Continue north on SR 58, which curves to the west. Exit at SR 202 (Exit #148) in Tehachapi.
Head south on SR 202 to Red Apple Ave (signal). Turn right.
Go 0.8 miles on Red Apple Ave to Westwood Blvd. Turn right.
Go 1.3 miles on Westwood to Woodford-Tehachapi Road. Turn right.
Go 3.7 miles to mile marker 6.31. There is a pull-out nearby on the right with parking for about 5 cars.

Cross the road at mile marker 6.31 to a gully. Cross the drift fence at this gully. Watch for loose barbed wire.
Walk into and through the gully then head south to a short ridge that runs east-west to the main ridge. The main ridge runs north-south to Black #3.
Stay generally left and just below the top of the main ridge, aiming for a large finger-like boulder, to avoid brush on the top of the ridge. This boulder is just below the top of bump 5264.
Go over 5264 to the saddle with bump 5605.
Traverse bump 5605 following any of numerous cattle trails. Choose paths that give you a fairly level traverse, then climb to the saddle between 5605 and Black #3.
From the saddle, head for the top, following the ridgeline through occasional brush and boulders.