Location: Kern County, about 10 miles west-northwest of Frazier Park, 81 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: Cuddy Valley 7½, Pleito Hills 7½

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

Nearby Peaks: Eagle Rest Peak

Distance: 5 miles round trip on road and cross-country

Gain: 1600' total, 900' out plus 700' on return

Time: 2 1/2 hours round trip

Rating: Class 1, easy

Navigation: Easy

Original: John Backus, May 1980

DRIVING ROUTE 1

• Drive north on I-5 to the Frazier Park turnoff. Turn left (west).
• Drive 7.2 miles to Lake of the Woods where the Lockwood Valley Road forks left. The Cuddy Valley Road goes straight. Keep straight on Cuddy Valley Road.
• Go 4.2 miles to a dirt road on the right (north) where there is a sign "Tecuya Mtn Rd". Turn right, note your odometer, and go as follows:
• At 1.0 mile, fork. Go left.
• At 1.4 miles, fork. Go left.
• At 1.9 miles, fork. Go left on road with a sign reading "9N19A".
• At 4.6 miles a large open area. Park here.

HIKING ROUTE 1

• From the parking area (6660'), hike down a jeep road that starts at the parking area, following it down into a saddle, and then around the southwest side of elevation 6670' to another saddle at 6000'. The jeep road (in very poor condition) makes six switchbacks up the face of Antimony.
• At the high point of the road, go to the right cross-country up the ridge about 1/4 mile to the summit.