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: 120' round trip

Gain: None

Time: None

Rating: Drive-up

Original: Warren E. von Pertz, June 1969

DRIVING ROUTE 2

• From the intersection of I-210 and Angeles Crest Highway (SR 2) drive north on Angeles Crest Highway 50 miles to Vincent Gap.
• Turn left on a dirt road that heads uphill. Note your odometer and go as follows:
• Go right at an immediate fork.
• At 0.9 mile, fork. Go left.
• At 2.8 miles, fork in a saddle. Keep left.
• At 3.2 miles, park about 75 yards past stake "AA10", at the top of a gentle rise.

HIKING ROUTE 2

• The summit cairn is 40 yards north of the road in the brush.

NOTES

The gate on the dirt road at Vincent Gap may be closed. Contact the USFS Big Pines Information Station, PO Box 1011, Wrightwood, CA 92397 (760) 249-3504 for information about the status of the gate at Vincent Gap.