Location: Ventura County, about 6 miles northeast of Ojai, 107 miles from Los Angeles

Maps

Auto Club: Ventura County

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

USGS Topo: Lion Canyon 7½

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

Nearby Peaks: Topatopa Bluff, Hines Peak

Distance: 1 mile round trip cross-country

Gain: 600' total, 500' out plus 100' on return

Time: 1 hour round trip

Rating: Class 1, easy

Original: Warren E. von Pertz, November 1967

DRIVING ROUTE 2

• Take US 101 and SR 33 to the town of Ojai.
• From the intersection of SR 150 and SR 33 in Ojai, go north on SR 33 for 14.7 miles to a road on the right signed "Rose Valley - 4". Turn right.
• Go 3.1 miles to a fork on the right with a sign "Rose Valley Campground - 1/2". Turn right.
• Drive into the campground. There is a road with a locked gate on the west side of the campground. Use the combination supplied with your permit to unlock the gate and lock it behind you. Note your odometer and go as follows:
• At 2.2 miles, junction with the Nordhoff Ridge Road (22W15). Turn left (east).
• At 3.5 miles, pass through a wire gate.
• At 3.9 miles a saddle with a duck on the south side. Park here.

HIKING ROUTE 2

• Leave the road on the right side and follow a faint use trail up the ridge.
• Go over elevation 5471' and down into a saddle.
• Then follow a ducked route around the right side of the ridge and then left up to the summit.