Location: Los Angeles County, about 9 miles north of La Cañada-Flintridge, 53 miles from Los Angeles

Maps

Auto Club: Los Angeles and Vicinity

Forest Service: Angeles National Forest

USGS Topo: Condor Peak 7½, Sunland 7½

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

Nearby Peaks: Mount Gleason, Condor Peak, Fox Mountain #2

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

Gain: 1300' total, 600' out plus 700' on return

Time: 3 hours round trip

Rating: Class 1, easy

Original: Dick Akawie, February 1968

DRIVING ROUTE 1

• Drive north on Angeles Crest Highway (SR 2) for 9.5 miles to its junction with Angeles Forest Highway (N3). Turn left.
• Drive north on Angeles Forest Highway 14.2 miles to Mill Creek Summit. Turn left on Mount Gleason Road (3N17). Note your odometer and go as follows:
• At 6.2 miles, a fork, where the paved road goes into a detention center. Take the left fork (dirt) around the detention center.
• At 8.8 miles, a gated paved road goes right (north) just past a microwave tower. This is the parking spot for Mount Gleason. Keep left.
• At 9.3 miles, fork. Turn left.
• At 9.5 miles, fork at Lightning Point Campground (shown on topo as "Mt. Gleason Campground"). Turn right.
• Continue downhill about 1.6 miles to a locked gate at a saddle. This saddle is just northeast of bump 5846'.

HIKING ROUTE 1

• From the parking area (5700'), pass the gate and hike west 1 1/2 miles to Indian Ben Saddle. Two trails leave the road at this point marked by signs.
• Continue west on the road 1/4 mile to a where the road forks.
• Keep right and follow 3N32 another 0.1 mile to a saddle where the road curves around to the north side of the ridge.
• Leave the road here and climb a firebreak west 0.8 mile and 400' gain to the summit.

Note: Iron, Condor and Fox as a single hike is 14+ miles and about 4200' gain