Location: San Bernardino County, about 11 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, A Guide to the San Gorgonio Wilderness

USGS Topo: Big Bear Lake 7½, Forest Falls 7½

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

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

Distance: 13 miles round trip on trail and cross-country

Gain: 4000'

Time: 7-8 hours round trip

Rating: Class 1, strenuous

Navigation: Easy

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 paved 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. The signed "Johns Meadow" trail goes to the right.
• Go left (signed "Jackstraw Springs"). Proceed about 5 1/2 miles (passing by a turnoff to Jackstraw Springs at 9250' to Trail Fork Springs at 10,400'.
• Turn left at a trail junction just past Trail Fork Springs and follow the trail southeast to where it meets the San Bernardino Peak Trail.
• Continue east to where the trail begins to descend the left side of the ridge.
• Leave the trail on the right and follow the very rocky ridge east a short distance to the summit. Any path through the talus slope can be taken to reach the summit.