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** Use at Your Own Risk **
08C |
Sawtooth Mountain |
5200' |
Location: Los Angeles County, about 19 miles southeast of Gorman, 78 miles from Los Angeles
Maps
| Auto Club | Los Angeles and Vicinity |
| Forest Service | Angeles National Forest |
| USGS Topo | Burnt Peak 7½ |
| Official HPS Maps | TPO file - Save to your computer then open with National Geographic TOPO! |
| Viewable PDF file - Approximately 4.2 megs | |
| GPX file or Google Earth KML file to download to GPS units and other map software (How to use GPX and KML files) | |
| Routes as shown on CalTopo using the above files (How to use CalTopo) |
Nearby Peaks: Liebre Mountain, Burnt Peak
ROUTE 1
(USFS Adventure Pass may be required)- Distance: 7.4 miles round trip
- Gain: 2400' total, 1500' out plus 900' on return
- Time: 2 1/2 hours round trip
- Rating: Class 1, moderate
- Navigation: Easy
- Route: Steep firebreak
Original: Warren E. von Pertz, 1968
DRIVING ROUTE 1
- Take I-5 north to the town of Castaic and exit on Lake Hughes Road.
- Take Lake Hughes Road northeast for 23.6 miles to where it ends at a junction with N2, Pine Canyon Road. Turn left (west).
- Go 4.7 miles to Bushnell summit with a junction with 7N23 on the left. Turn left. Note your odometer and go as follows:
- At 2.0 miles, fork. Go right.
- At 3.2 miles, junction with 7N08 and a gate. Park here. If gate is open, you can turn left onto 7N08 and continue another 1.7 miles to a parking area at 5350'.
HIKING ROUTE 1
- Go through the gate and head south then east 1.7 miles to where a firebreak takes off on the right (south) side of the road.
- Follow the firebreak down into a saddle and up over a bump and on out the ridge to the summit. The summit is about 150' lower than the parking area.
PEAK COMBINATIONS
Sawtooth is commonly climbed with Burnt Peak and Liebre Mtn, with a short drive between each trailhead.
ROUTE 2
(USFS Adventure Pass may be required)- Distance: 11 miles round trip
- Gain: 2700' total, 2500' out plus 200' on return
- Time: 6 hours round trip
- Rating: Class 1, moderate
- Navigation: Easy
- Route: Road and steep firebreak
Original: Gene Olsen, November 1979
DRIVING ROUTE 2
- Take I-5 north to the town of Castaic and exit on Lake Hughes Road.
- Take Lake Hughes Road northeast for 13.2 miles to a dirt road on the left with a sign "Warm Springs Canyon Road". Turn left on 6N32, a good to fair dirt road (do not take the paved road to the detention facility). Google Maps identifies this road as "Warm Springs Fish Canyon Truck Trail".
- Follow the main road which climbs the right canyon wall about 2 1/2 miles to a saddle and a 3 way road junction. Park here. Ample parking.
- Note: motorcycles can continue another 4 miles on 7N13 by going over some berms that stop progress of vehicles.
HIKING ROUTE 2
- From the parking area (2900'), hike up the road for about 4 miles to the road's end.
- Continue up a firebreak, bearing around to the left at a junction about 100 yards below the top of the first bump.
- Bear right around the second bump following the fire road to the third bump which is the summit. This has also been reported as the fourth bump.
History of Summit Signature
Climbing Archives
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