Location: Ventura County, about 11 miles east-northeast of Ojai, 82 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: Santa Paula Peak 7½, Topatopa Mountians 7½, Ojai 7½, Lion Canyon 7½

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

Nearby Peaks: Chief Peak, Hines Peak

Distance: 14 miles round trip on road, trail, and use trail

Gain: 4500'

Time: 8-9 hours round trip

Rating: Class 1, strenuous

Navigation: Moderate

Original: Frank Dobos, December 1993

DRIVING ROUTE 2

• Take SR 126 to Santa Paula. Turn north on SR 150. Note your odometer here.
• At 8.8 miles the Summit School (unsigned) is on the right. Just before the school, turn right on Sisar Avenue. This is a very narrow and worn paved road. Note your odometer here.
• Go past some houses to where the road turns to dirt, keeping right at two forks.
• At 0.8 mile a water tank. Low clearance cars should park here.
• At 1.0 mile a locked gate. All cars park here.

HIKING ROUTE 2

• From the parking area (1850'), pass the gate and hike up the road which goes up Sisar Canyon. Continue for about 3 miles to where the road makes its second major switchback to the left.
• Look for a trail sign straight in front of you, indicating 2.5 miles to the Nordhoff Ridge Road. Take this trail (21W08) up Sisar Canyon as it passes through the overgrown White Ledge Campsite and on to its junction with the Nordhoff Ridge Road (4N15). That junction is depicted in the extreme southwest corner of the Topatopa Mountains topo.
• Turn right on Nordhoff Ridge Road and follow it 0.5 mile to where it crosses over to the left side of the ridge. Here a ridge comes down from the peak on the right side of the road.
• Leave the road here and go up this ridge to the summit following a use trail and firebreak. There is a large cairn on the summit.