Location: San Bernardino County, about 40 miles northeast of San Bernardino, 142 miles from Los Angeles

Maps

Auto Club: Los Angeles and Vicinity

USGS Topo: Bighorn Canyon 7½, Rattlesnake Canyon 7½

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

Nearby Peaks: Bighorn Mountains

Distance: 4 miles round trip on road and cross-country

Gain: 1000'

Time: 2-3 hours round trip

Rating: Class 1, easy

Navigation: Easy

Original: John Backus, January 1974

DRIVING ROUTE 1

• Take I-10 east through Banning to SR 62.
• Go north and east on SR 62 to SR 247 in Yucca Valley. Go left (north).
• Drive 11.5 miles to the New Dixie Mine Road. Turn left. Note your odometer and go as follows:
• At 8.0 miles, fork. Go either way as the roads rejoin after 1/4 mile.
• At 8.6 miles, fork. Go straight.
• At 9.2 miles, fork. Park here.

HIKING ROUTE 1

• From the parking area (5320'), hike southwest up the road about 500' to a fork.
• Go right at this fork and hike about 1/2 mile, going through a junction to the end of the road at a burned out cabin site.
• Continue up the jeep road southwest towards the peak. The peak is in view as a rounded summit with a smaller one to its left (south).
• Leave the road wherever convenient and hike directly up to the summit.