USE AT YOUR OWN RISK
Location: San Bernardino County, about 6 miles northeast of Yucaipa, 81 miles from Los Angeles
Maps
- Auto Club: Los Angeles and Vicinity, San Bernardino Mountain Area
- Forest Service: San Bernardino National Forest
- USGS Topo: Forest Falls 7½
- HPS:
Route(s),
waypoints and
explanation of usage
Nearby Peaks: Allen Peak, Cedar Mountain, Wilshire Peak, Wilshire Mountain, Little San Gorgonio Peak
ROUTE 2
Yucaipa Ridge Traverse (5 peaks) from east to west
From Cedar Mountain
(USFS Adventure Pass required)
- Distance: 1.8 miles one way on trail and cross-country
- Gain: 300'
- Time: 1 hour one way
- Rating: Class 1, very strenuous when combined with other peaks in
the area
- Navigation: Moderate
Original: Warren E. von Pertz
DRIVING ROUTE 2
- See the driving instructions for Route 1 above and
Little San
Gorgonio Peak Route 1. This route assumes that you are
hiking each peak
along this section of Yucaipa Ridge (5 peaks) from east to west.
HIKING ROUTE 2
- From Cedar Mountain, hike west and then northwest
down the ridge following the route of the trail shown on the topo map
until you reach the saddle just east of Birch Mountain.
- Leave the trail
here and hike up the ridge to the summit.
SPECIAL CONDITIONS
The Yucaipa Ridge Traverse continues west down the Yucaipa Ridge to the
Allen-Birch saddle and to the west shuttle parking area. This route crosses
private property and permission must be obtained well in advance of the
day of the hike.