Location: San Bernardino County, about 9 miles northwest of Morongo Valley, 102 miles from Los Angeles

Maps

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

Forest Service: San Bernardino National Forest

USGS Topo: Onyx Peak 7½

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

Distance: 7 miles round trip on road and cross-country

Gain: 1800' total, 900' out plus 900' on return

Time: 5-7 hours round trip

Rating: Class 1, moderate

Navigation: Moderate

Leader Rating: "I", normal conditions

Original: Paul A. Lipsohn, May 1973

DRIVING ROUTE 1

• Take I-10 east past San Bernardino to the Orange Street exit (SR 38).
• Go one block east, then go north (left) 0.5 mile to Lugonia Avenue. Turn right on SR 38 (east).
• Continue east on SR 38 about 33 miles to 1N02, the road to Heart Bar Campground, on the right. Turn right. Note your odometer and go as follows:
• At 1.2 miles, fork. Go left (east) on 1N02 at sign "Coon Creek".
• At 1.5 miles, fork. Go left (east) on 1N02.
• At 5.4 miles, locked gate. Park here.

HIKING ROUTE 1

• From the parking area (8060'), go left around the gate through a break in the fence and hike east up the dirt road, past a cabin. After about 0.7 mile the road forks.
• Take the right fork (shown as a jeep road on the topo) and follow it around the north side of elevation 8369' into a saddle. Continue to the end of the road at about 8250'.
• Then continue cross-country to elevation 8350'. From here go east down the ridge, keeping generally on the north side to avoid brush, to the saddle at 7880'+, between elevation 8350' and elevation 8100'.
• Hike up to the HPS summit on elevation 8100'.