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28C

Location: Riverside County, about 4 miles northeast of Idyllwild, 112 miles from Los Angeles

Auto Club: Riverside County, Los Angeles and Vicinity
Forest Service: San Bernardino National Forest
USGS Topo: San Jacinto Peak 7½
HPS: Route(s), waypoints and explanation of usage
Nearby Peaks: Tahquitz Peak (LO),Southwell Peak ("South" on USGS topo), Lily Rock

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.

The Devils Slide Trail begins at the upper right corner of the parking lot.
From this trailhead (6440'), hike up the trail 2 1/2 miles to Saddle Junction (8040'). At this point there are four trail choices. Take the second trail from the right with a sign "Tahquitz Valley".
Go 0.6 mile to another junction with a sign "Tahquitz, Skunk Cabbage Meadow". Go right at this junction.
Go another 0.6 mile to another junction signed "Tahquitz Peak, Tahquitz Meadow". This is the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) marked by a square post.
Turn left and follow it along the north side of Red Tahquitz for about 3/4 mile to a shallow saddle with a rock outcrop about 100 yards to the left (east). There may be a duck on the right of the trail here.
Turn right and follow a use trail south-southeast up the slope to the summit.