Location: Kern County, about 12 miles west-northwest of Frazier Park, 80 miles from Los Angeles

Maps

Auto Club: Kern County

Forest Service: Los Padres National Forest: Mt Pinos, Ojai and Santa Barbara Ranger Districts

USGS Topo:

Route 1 - Eagle Rest Peak 7½, Sawmill Mountain 7½

Route 2 - Eagle Rest Peak 7½, Cuddy Valley 7½, Pleito Hills 7½

Route 3 - Eagle Rest Peak 7½

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

Nearby Peaks: Antimony Peak

Distance: 11 miles round trip on old road and cross-country through heavy brush

Gain: 5300' total, 2400' out plus 2900' on return (includes gain and loss over Antimony Peak)

Time: 8 hours round trip

Rating: Class 2, very strenuous, summit block is easy class 3

Navigation: Difficult

Leader Rating: "I", normal conditions

Original: John Backus, July 1982

DRIVING ROUTE 2

• See the Antimony Peak guide.

HIKING ROUTE 2

• From the summit of Antimony Peak, follow the north-northwest ridge keeping to the right of the small bump just west of the summit of Antimony. The route from this point onward can be extremely brushy.
• Follow the ridge down to saddle 5520'+, then over major bump 6000'+, down to another saddle 5037' and then north up the ridge to about 5400'.
• From here go west to pick up Route 1 at about 5600', which proceeds as follows:
• An occasionally ducked route leads up through the cliffs. The summit is reached immediately after ascending a ramp that passes the final large buttress on its right side.