USE AT YOUR OWN RISK
Location: Los Angeles County, about 5 miles north of Altadena, 30 miles from Los Angeles
Maps
- Auto Club: Los Angeles and Vicinity
- Forest Service: Angeles National Forest
- USGS Topo: Chilao Flat 7½, Mount Wilson 7½
- HPS:
Route(s),
waypoints and
explanation of usage
Nearby Peaks: Mount Disappointment, San Gabriel Peak
ROUTE 2
From Mount Disappointment and/or San Gabriel Peak
(USFS Adventure Pass required)
- Distance: 3/4 mile one way on road and firebreak
- Gain: 200'
- Time: 1/2 hour one way
- Rating: Class 1
Original: Warren E. von Pertz and Al Campbell, March 1968
DRIVING ROUTE 2
HIKING ROUTE 2
- From the trail junction between Mount Disappointment
and San Gabriel Peak (5800'-), walk northwest down
the paved road less then 1/2 mile to saddle 5550'.
- Leave the road and
hike west up a steep firebreak and ridge to the summit.
NOTE
If you are returning the same way, there is about 400' gain back to the
trail junction.