Location: Kern County, 14 miles west of Frazier Park, 90 miles from Los Angeles

Maps

Auto Club: Ventura County, 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: Mount Pinos, Grouse Mountain, Cerro Noroeste

Distance: 16 miles round trip on road and trail

Gain: 3300'

Time: 8-9 hours round trip

Rating: Class 1, strenuous

Navigation: Easy

Original: Charlie Knapke, March 1996

DRIVING ROUTE 2

• Drive north on I-5 to the Frazier Park exit. Turn left (west). Note your odometer and go as follows:
• At 7.2 miles the Lockwood Valley Road forks left and the Cuddy Valley Road goes straight. Turn left.
• At 18.2 miles, junction with Boy Scout Camp Road. Turn right.
• At 21 miles, a locked gate at the Three Falls Boy Scout Camp, with a sign that gives mileages (1 mile too short) to Sheep Camp and the junction with trail 21W03. Park here.

HIKING ROUTE 2

• From the gate (5500'), hike up the road past the Boy Scout camp.
• Where the pavement ends, continue straight ahead past more trail signs on the main trail. Continue on this trail for about 7 miles to the signed junction with trail 21W03 on the western slopes of Sawmill Mountain.
• Turn right (east) on trail 21W03, ascending 250' to rolling slopes on the summit plateau just south of the peak.
• Leave the trail to the left (north) and follow the ridge to the summit.