Location: San Bernardino County, about 15 miles north-northeast of Banning, 103 miles from Los Angeles

Maps

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

Forest Service: San Bernardino National Forest

USGS Topo: Moonridge 7½, San Gorgonio Mountain 7½

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

Nearby Peaks: Lake Peak, Ten Thousand Foot Ridge

Distance: 13 1/2 miles round trip on trail and cross-country

Gain: 3550'

Time: 6 hours round trip

Rating: Class 1, moderate

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. 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').
• Turn left (southeast) and follow this trail 1 1/2 miles to Dry Lake where there is another trail fork.
• Turn left and go 1/2 mile to Lodgepole Spring.
• Continue 3/4 mile east cross-country up to Fish Creek Saddle at 9805'.
• Continue as in Route 1.