USE AT YOUR OWN RISK
Location: Kern County, about 16 miles west of Frazier Park, 95 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: Sawmill Mountain 7½
- HPS:
Route(s),
waypoints and
explanation of usage
Nearby Peaks: Grouse Mountain, Sawmill Mountain, Mount Pinos
ROUTE 2
From Grouse Mountain
(USFS Adventure Pass required)
- Distance: 3 miles one way on trail and road
- Gain: 750' gain, 900' loss
- Time: 1.5 hours one way
- Rating: Class 1, easy
Original: Byron Prinzmetal, December 2002
DRIVING ROUTE 2
HIKING ROUTE 2
- From the top of Grouse Mountain, hike north
1/4 mile back down to the trail.
- Turn left (west) on the trail and follow it down to where
it meets the Mesa Spring Trail at Puerto del Suelo (the saddle
between Grouse Mountain and Cerro Noroeste.)
- Continue straight (west) on the trail as it goes up a short steep
section until it meets the road in Route 1.
- Turn right (north) up the road and walk 0.8 mile to the top following
Route number 1 driving and hiking instructions.