Location: Los Angeles County, about 14 miles north of Glendora, 65 miles from Los Angeles

Maps

Auto Club: Los Angeles and Vicinity

Forest Service: Angeles National Forest

USGS Topo: Crystal Lake 7½

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

Nearby Peaks: Mount Hawkins, South Mount Hawkins (LO), Mount Islip

Distance: 10 miles round trip on trail

Gain: 2000' total, 1900' out plus 100' on return

Time: 5 hours round trip

Rating: Class 1, moderate

Navigation: Easy

Original: Warren E. von Pertz, July 1968

DRIVING ROUTE 1

• From the intersection of I-210 and Angeles Crest Highway (SR 2), drive 39.5 miles (mile marker 64.1) on the Angeles Crest Highway to Islip Saddle. Park here.

HIKING ROUTE 1

• From the parking area (6600'), hike across the Angeles Crest Highway to the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT).
• Hike up the PCT, past Little Jimmy Campground to Windy Gap.
• Continue east on the PCT for 1.4 miles farther to saddle 8400', where a trail forks to the south. This is the turnoff for Mount Hawkins.
• Take the south fork, keeping left at what looks like an immediate fork, until the trail goes around the east side of elevation 8440'+ to the saddle south of it.
• Here a use trail goes off to the right and up the ridge to the summit, about 1/3 mile from the trail fork.