Location: San Bernardino County, about 6 miles west of the town of Big Bear Lake, 87 miles from Los Angeles

Maps

Auto Club: Los Angeles and Vicinity, San Bernardino Mountain Area

Forest Service: San Bernardino National Forest

USGS Topo: Butler Peak 7½, Keller Peak 7½

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

Distance: 4 miles round trip on firebreak, road, and trail

Gain: 1300'

Time: 2 1/2 hours round trip

Rating: Class 1, easy

Navigation: Moderate

Original: John Backus, January 1980

DRIVING ROUTE 1

• Drive east on I-10 to SR 210.
• Drive north on SR 210 (signed "West") to SR 330.
• Drive north on SR 330 to SR 18 at the town of Running Springs.
• Drive east on SR 18 to the entrance of Snow Valley and 1.8 miles farther to Lake View Point Saddle. Park on the left (west). Do not park on the fire road next to the parking area.

HIKING ROUTE 1

• From the parking area (7117'), climb north up the firebreak, past a radio tower.
• At about 7700', the firebreak goes along the left side of the ridge, then swings around to the right and heads toward the top of elevation 7840'+.
• Go to the top of this bump, then drop down into the saddle north of it.
• Continue up the firebreak to 8000'+, where a jeep road comes in from the left at a triangular metal sign "U16".
• Follow this road down into a second saddle, then around to the left for about 200 yards to where it meets another road coming up from below.
• Turn right and follow this road up past elevation 8095', down across a small valley, and up toward the rocky summit of Crafts.
• Where the summit comes into view, the road forks at a 7 foot high boulder with a duck on top.
• Turn left at the fork and follow the road over a ridge and up to a second ridge north of the summit.
• From there follow a ducked trail south up to the summit.