Location: San Bernardino County, about 12 miles north of Banning, 90 miles from Los Angeles

Maps

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

Forest Service: San Bernardino National Forest

USGS Topo: San Gorgonio Mountain 7½, Moonridge 7½

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

Nearby Peaks: Charlton Peak, Jepson Peak, San Gorgonio Mountain

Distance: 18 1/2 miles round trip on trail and cross-country

Gain: 4250'

Time: 8-9 hours round trip

Rating: Class 1, very strenuous

Original: Warren E. von Pertz, September 1968

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. Park here.

HIKING ROUTE 2

• From the parking area (6850'), 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 (9520').
• Keep right again and continue to Dollar Lake Saddle (9960'), at a junction with the San Bernardino Peak Trail (1W07).
• Turn left on 1W07 and follow it south about 2 miles to a point where it crosses a ridge at about 10,880'.
• Leave the trail and hike southeast down the ridge to a saddle.
• Turn right and hike west about 3/4 mile to the summit.