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: 18 miles round trip on trail and cross-country

Gain: 4230'

Time: 8-9 hours round trip

Rating: Class 1, very strenuous

Navigation: Easy

Original: Warren E. von Pertz and Al Campbell, February 1973

DRIVING ROUTE 2

• 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).
• Continue to the signed South Fork Trailhead parking lot on the left (restrooms). Park here.

HIKING ROUTE 2

• From the parking area (6900'), hike the South Fork Trail (1E04) past the old Poopout Hill trailhead to South Fork at Slushy Meadows where the Dry Lake Trail forks left (8200').
• Keep right on the South Fork Trail and continue to the fork to Dollar Lake.
• Keep straight and continue to Dollar Lake Saddle (9960'), at a junction with the San Bernardino Peak Trail (1W07).
• Hike west on 1W07 for 2 miles to where it comes out on the ridge just west of Shields Peak.
• Come back east along the very rocky ridge to the summit.