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** Use at Your Own Risk **
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Sunday Peak |
8295' |
Location: Kern County, about 9 miles west of Kernville, 185 miles from Los Angeles
Maps
| Auto Club | Kern County |
| Forest Service | Sequoia National Forest |
| USGS Topos | Tobias Peak 7½, Alta Sierra 7½ |
| Official HPS Maps | TPO file - Save to your computer then open with National Geographic TOPO! |
| Viewable JPG file - Approximately 1.8 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: Bohna Peak, Black Mountain #5
ROUTE 1
- Distance: 3 1/2 miles round trip on trail
- Gain: 1000'
- Time: 2 hours round trip
- Rating: Class 1, moderate
- Navigation: Easy
- Leader Rating: "O", normal conditions
Original: Al Campbell, 1972
DRIVING ROUTE 1
- From Lake Isabella (city) drive north on SR 155 for 7.0 miles to where it turns left in Wofford Heights.
- Drive 7.7 miles farther to Greenhorn Summit. Turn right (north) on 24S15. This is a dirt road just past a maintenance shed. Note your odometer and go as follows:
- At 4.3 miles, Tiger Flat Campground. Keep straight on 24S15.
- At 6.6 miles, a road junction with a sign "Camp Mountain Meadow GSA". Park here.
HIKING ROUTE 1
- A trail (31E66) starts just north of the parking area (7280'). Follow it up the slope to the left, and then west past Portuguese Peak's east side.
- Continue 1 1/2 miles to a trail junction (8100').
- Turn left (east) and follow the trail to the summit.
ROUTE 2
From Bohna Peak- Distance: 2 1/4 miles one way on trail
- Gain: 2000'
- Time: 2 hours one way
- Rating: Class 1, moderate
- Navigation: Intermediate
Original: Alan Coles, November 1991
DRIVING ROUTE 2
- See the Bohna Peak guide.
HIKING ROUTE 2
- From the summit of Bohna Peak, go down the north ridge to a saddle at 6450'.
- Continue about 1.4 miles north along the ridge on a trail over bump 6991' and past a soggy area ("spring" on the topo map) to a point just NE of bump 7473.
- Follow the trail as it turns right (east) and continue on trail for about 0.7 mile to a trail junction at 8100'.
- Keep right and follow the trail about 1/4 mile to the summit.
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