Location: Santa Barbara County, about 13 miles northwest of Ojai, 90 miles from Los Angeles

Maps

Auto Club: Santa Barbara County

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

USGS Topo:

Route 1 - Old Man Mountain 7½

Route 2 - Old Man Mountain 7½, White Ledge Peak 7½

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

Nearby Peaks: Monte Arido

Distance: 6 miles round trip on road and cross-country

Gain: 1700' total, 700' out plus 1000' on return

Time: 3 hours round trip

Rating: Class 1, easy

Navigation: Easy

Original: Warren E. von Pertz and Al Campbell, 1967

DRIVING ROUTE 1

• Take US 101 west to Ventura.
• Go north on SR 33 to the town of Ojai.
• From the intersection of SR 150 and SR 33 in Ojai, go north on SR 33 for 32 miles to Pine Mountain Summit. Turn left on a gated and locked dirt road. This is the Potrero Seco Road (see Special Conditions for Route 1).
• Go through the gate, note your odometer and go as follows:
• Go 3.4 miles, keeping right at all forks to a cattle guard. Continue straight.
• At 4.9 miles, Don Victor trail on the right. Continue straight.
• At 7.3 miles, fork. Go right.
• At 8.1 miles, a big gendarme. This is the parking spot for Hildreth.
• At 8.6 miles, open gate. Keep straight ahead.
• At 14.1 miles, locked gate at a road fork. Park here.

Note: Only 4WD vehicles are allowed to drive to the trailhead. See Special Conditions for Route 1 below.

HIKING ROUTE 1

• From the parking area (5800'+), take the left (gated) road fork.
• At 0.8 mile, the summit of Monte Arido is just west of the road.
• Continue down the road (south) another 1.9 miles to the bottom of a long downhill.
• Leave the road here (4980'+) and climb south up the open ridge to the prominent saddle (5300').
• From here go east up the brushy ridge to the summit.