Location: Riverside County, about 11 miles west of Palm Springs, 107 miles from Los Angeles

Maps

Auto Club: Riverside County, San Jacinto Mountain Area

Forest Service: San Bernardino National Forest

USGS Topo: Lake Fulmor 7½, San Jacinto Peak 7½

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

Nearby Peaks: Black Mountain #1 (LO)

Distance: 4 1/2 miles round trip on trail and cross-country

Gain: 900'

Time: 2 1/2 hours round trip

Rating: Class 1, easy

Original: Al Campbell, June 1973

DRIVING ROUTE 1

• Drive I-10 to Banning. Exit at 8th Street (SR 243). Note your odometer and go as follows:
• At 0.2 mile, turn left.
• At 0.7 mile, turn right on San Gorgonio Avenue.
• At 1.4 miles, keep left on SR 243.
• At 9.1 miles, Poppet Flat Road goes right. Continue straight.
• At 11.6 miles, fork with 4S06 on the right. Keep straight.
• At 11.8 miles, pass the Vista Grande Ranger Station.
• At 12.8 miles, fork on the left with 2E05 and a sign "Black Mountain Trail". Keep straight.
• At 15.6 miles, fork on the right with 2E35, Indian Mountain Road, and Indian Vista. This is the turnoff for Indian Mountain.
• At 16.9 miles, 4S01 on the left. Turn left. Note your odometer and go as follows:
• At 1.5 miles, fork. Keep left.
• At 4.8 miles, fork with Black Mountain Road on the left. This is the turnoff for Black Mountain #1 (LO). Keep straight on 4S01.
• At 5.8 miles, Black Mountain Group Camp on the right.
• At 7.2 miles, fork. Turn sharp right.
• Continue a short distance to a parking lot for the Fuller Ridge Trailhead of the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). Park here.

HIKING ROUTE 1

• From the trailhead, hike east up the PCT about a mile along the north side of the ridge to where a saddle appears off to the right (8040'+).
• Continue on the PCT another 0.6 mile to a point about 50' past the second of the first two switchbacks on the trail (not counting a detour around a fallen tree), where there should be a duck on the right side of the trail.
• Leave the trail here and go up the slope, keeping somewhat to the right to follow occasional ducks, to the summit.