Location: On the Riverside-Orange County line, about 12 miles south of Corona, 61 miles from Los Angeles

Maps

Auto Club: Los Angeles and Vicinity, Orange County

Forest Service: Cleveland National Forest

USGS Topo: Santiago Peak 7½

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

Nearby Peaks: Modjeska Peak

Distance: 18 miles round trip on trail and road

Gain: 4000'

Time: 10-11 hours round trip

Rating: Class 1, strenuous

Navigation: Easy

Leader Rating: "O", normal conditions

Driving: High clearance 4WD

Original: Warren E. von Pertz, March 1969

DRIVING ROUTE 1

• From I-5, exit on El Toro Road and go north on El Toro Road. Just after Cook's Corner Restaurant the road forks with Santiago Canyon Road and Live Oak Canyon Road.
• At the fork, go right on Live Oak Canyon Road (S19).
• Follow Live Oak Canyon Road until it makes a 120° left turn near the entrance of the O'Neill Regional Park. At this point the road becomes Trabuco Canyon Road.
• Drive 4.4 miles (just past Rose Canyon Road) to where you cross a large wash. After crossing the wash, take an immediate left turn on a dirt road. This is Trabuco Creek Road.
• Drive east 4.6 miles to a wide parking area with a road forking off uphill to the left (north). Park here.

HIKING ROUTE 1

• From the parking area (BM 1746), hike north up the left-road fork, which passes a number of houses and ends at a gate in 0.5 mile.
• Continue on the Holy Jim Trail to where the trail meets a road at Bear Springs (BM 3965). Turn right to the spring and hike up the trail that begins behind the spring to where it meets the road close to the summit.
• Turn right on the road then switchback left and follow the road to the summit.

ROUTE 1 NOTE

High clearance vehicle strongly recommended.