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, Dobbs Peak

Distance: 22 miles round trip on trail

Gain: 5350'

Time: 9-10 hours round trip

Rating: Class 1, very strenuous

Original: Warren E. von Pertz, October 1968

DRIVING ROUTE 3

• 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 3

• 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').
• Turn left (southeast) follow this trail 1 1/2 miles to Dry Lake where there is another trail fork.
• Go right and hike 2 miles more to Mineshaft Saddle (9936') and another fork.
• Go right (southeast) and follow the Sky High Trail to its junction with the San Bernardino Peak Divide Trail at 11,360'.
• Turn right and hike east up to the summit.