Location: Kern County, about 15 miles west of Frazier Park, 90 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: Eagle Rest 7½, Sawmill Mountain 7½

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

Nearby Peaks: Sawmill Mountain, Mount Pinos, Cerro Noroeste

Distance: 2 1/2 miles round trip on trail and cross-country from Sawmill Mountain

Gain: 700' total, 300' out plus 400' on return

Time: 2 hours round trip

Rating: Class 1, moderate

Navigation: Easy

Original: John Backus, July 1982

DRIVING ROUTE 1

• Drive north on I-5 to the Frazier Park exit. Turn left (west). Note your odometer and go as follows:
• At 7.2 miles, Lake of the Woods. Here, the Lockwood Valley Road forks left and the Cuddy Valley Road goes straight. Keep straight.
• At 5.3 miles, junction with Mount Pinos Road (straight) and the Mil Potrero Road (right). Go straight on the Mount Pinos Road.
• At 13.9 miles, a large paved parking area and a road with a gate continuing farther on the left side. If the gate is open, continue 1 1/2 miles farther to the summit of Mount Pinos. If the gate is locked, park here and hike up to the summit of Mount Pinos.

HIKING ROUTE 1

• From the summit of Mount Pinos, take the ridge trail 21W03 down into the saddle to the west.
• From the saddle, the trail goes up the east side of Sawmill and along the south side of the summit ridge. Where the trail begins to go downhill is the turnoff for Sawmill Mountain.
• Continue west on the ridge trail 21W03 to a junction in a shallow saddle 1/4 mile farther, where there is a sign 'Sheep Camp 1/2'.
• Keep to the right and continue to a saddle 1/4 mile farther; then ascend due west to the top of a low ridge, turn left (south) and follow the ridge to the summit, which is the southern bump.