Location: Los Angeles County, about 12 miles southeast of Pearblossom, 63 miles from Los Angeles

Maps

Auto Club: Los Angeles and Vicinity

Forest Service: Angeles National Forest

USGS Topo: Valyermo 7½, Mescal Creek 7½

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

Distance: 2 miles round trip on trail and road

Gain: 900'

Time: 2 hours round trip

Rating: Class 1, easy

Navigation: Easy

Leader Rating: "O", normal conditions

Original: Warren E. von Pertz, June 1969

DRIVING ROUTE 1

• From the intersection of I-210 and Angeles Crest Highway (SR 2), drive north on Angeles Crest Highway 50 miles to Vincent Gap. (This is the parking area for Route 3.)
• From Vincent Gap continue 5.1 miles on SR 2 to the intersection with Big Pines Highway (N4). Turn left.
• Drive 4.9 miles to mileage marker 6.72 adjacent to a private campground marked on the topo as "All Nations Camp" which is now under new management. Do not drive into the camp. Park along N4.

(If driving west from Wrightwood, go just past the Ranger Station near the Mountain High ski area to N4 and turn right onto N4.)

HIKING ROUTE 1

• From the parking area (5600'), hike up the ridge on the right of the camp, picking up a trail. The trail begins just past the 6th building on the right.
• Follow this trail to where it meets a road at saddle 6360+.
• Turn right onto the road and hike less than 1/2 mile to the top of the ridgeline.
• Continue about 75 yards past stake "AA10" at the top of a gentle rise.
• The summit cairn is 40 yards north of the road in the brush.