Location: Los Angeles County, about 15 miles north-northeast of Glendora, 56 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 Islip, South Mount Hawkins (LO), Middle Hawkins, Throop Peak

Distance: 12 miles round trip on trail

Gain: 3000'

Time: 5-6 hours round trip

Rating: Class 1, moderate

Navigation: Easy

Original: Warren E. von Pertz, October 1968

DRIVING ROUTE 4

• From I-210 and San Gabriel Canyon Road (SR 39) go north on SR 39 to Crystal Lake Campground. Park in the day-use parking area in the campground near the trailhead to the Windy Gap Trail.

HIKING ROUTE 4

• From the parking area (5800'+), hike up the Windy Gap Trail to Windy Gap.
• Turn right (east) on the PCT for 1.5 miles farther to saddle 8400', where a trail forks to the south. This is the turnoff for Middle Hawkins and South Mount Hawkins (LO).
• Take the left (east) fork, the PCT, up past bump 8800'+ and on to where the trail arrives on the ridge northeast of the summit. Here there is a fork along the ridge to the southwest. This is the turnoff for Throop Peak.
• Turn right and follow this trail up to the summit.