Location: San Bernardino County, about 10 miles northeast of Yucaipa, 89 miles from Los Angeles

Maps

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

Forest Service: San Bernardino National Forest

USGS Topo: Forest Falls 7½, Big Bear Lake 7½

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

Nearby Peaks: San Bernardino Peak, Anderson Peak, Shields Peak

Distance: 13 miles round trip on trail

Gain: 3990'

Time: 7-8 hours round trip

Rating: Class 1, strenuous

Original: Warren E. von Pertz and Al Campbell, February 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 26 miles to Jenks Lake Road on the right. Turn right (south).
• Drive 0.3 mile to a fork at a sign "Forsee Creek Trail". Turn right (southwest).
• Keep left at an immediate fork. Drive 0.5 mile farther to a parking lot at a sign "Forsee Creek Trail". Park here.

HIKING ROUTE 1

• From the parking area (6720'), hike up the Forsee Creek Trail (1E06).
• At about 1/4 mile you will pass a Wilderness Area sign. About 200 yards farther the trail forks. Go left (signed "Jackstraw Springs").
• Proceed 5 1/2; miles to Trail Fork Springs at 10,400'.
• Turn right and go 1/2 mile to a junction with 1W07, the San Bernardino Peak Divide Trail.
• Hike west 1/4 mile to a fork with the Momyer Creek Trail (1E06) descending to the south.
• Continue west on 1W07 another 1/2 mile, where the trail starts down just past a large rock outcropping on the south. This is the turnoff for San Bernardino Peak.
• Leave the trail on the left and hike up to the rock outcropping. This is the summit of San Bernardino East Peak.