Location: Riverside County, about 2 miles east of Idyllwild, 112 miles from Los Angeles

Maps

Auto Club: Riverside County, San Jacinto Mountain Area

Forest Service: San Bernardino National Forest

USGS Topo: San Jacinto Peak 7½, Idyllwild 7½

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

Nearby Peaks: Tahquitz Peak (LO), Suicide Rock

Distance: 3 miles round trip on trail and cross-country

Gain: 1600'

Time: 3-4 hours round trip

Rating: Class 3, moderate

Original: Paul A. Lipsohn, July 1974

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 25.0 miles, Idyllwild Ranger Station (San Bernardino National Forest) on the left. Turn left on Pine Crest Avenue. Note your odometer and go as follows:
• At 0.6 mile, intersection. Make a half right on South Circle Drive.
• At 0.7 mile, Fern Valley Drive on the left with a sign "Humber Park". Turn left.
• At 1.2 miles, fork. Keep left.
• At 2.2 miles, trailhead on the left. This is the climber's trail for Suicide Rock. Keep straight.
• At 2.6 miles, Humber Park. Park here.

HIKING ROUTE 1

• At the southwest end of Humber Park, a trail starts near a green water tank. Follow it about 3/4 mile to where it crosses a gully.
• Go east up this steep gully to the saddle just southeast of Lily Rock.
• From here go northwest up easy class 3 rock to the summit.