Location: San Bernardino County, about 1 1/2 miles west of Fawnskin, 100 miles from Los Angeles

Maps

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

Forest Service: San Bernardino National Forest

USGS Topo: Fawnskin 7½

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

Nearby Peaks: Crafts Peak, Butler Peak (LO), Little Bear Peak, Delamar Mountain

Distance: 6 miles round trip on trail and cross-country

Gain: 1200'

Time: 2 1/2 hours round trip

Rating: Class 1, easy

Navigation: Easy

Original: Carleton Shay, July 1996

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 dam at Big Bear Lake. Turn left on SR 38.
• Drive on SR 38 to a large parking lot on the left across from the Grout Bay Picnic area just before the town of Fawnskin. Park here.

HIKING ROUTE 1

• From the parking area (6760'), cross the road to the trailhead. Hike up this trail as it goes parallel to the highway for a while and then heads west and joins and follows old roads shown on the topo.
• It then becomes trail again. It crosses our ducked Route 2 in three places, and approaches the final peak from the east, not continuing all the way to the summit but rather to a viewpoint.
• Leave the trail and continue cross-country up to the summit.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS

The trailhead for Route 1 is closed to all public use from November 1st to April 1st of each year. This closure is being implemented to protect the breeding grounds of endangered birds. The parking area is sometimes closed, even after the eagle closure has been lifted.