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** Use at Your Own Risk **
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Bohna Peak |
6760'
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Location: Kern County, about 9 miles west of Kernville, 180 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: Sunday Peak
ROUTE 1
- Distance: 3 miles round trip on use trail and cross-country
- Gain: 1400'
- Time: 2 hours round trip
- Rating: Class 1, easy
- Navigation: Easy
Original: John Backus, 1974
DRIVING ROUTE 1
- From Lake Isabella (city) drive north on SR 155 for 7.0 miles to where it turns left in Wofford Heights. Turn left.
- Drive 7.7 miles farther to Greenhorn Summit. This is the turnoff point for Sunday Peak, Split Mountain and Black Mountain #5. Continue straight on SR 155.
- Drive 5.8 miles farther to a dirt road 24S07 on the right. Turn right.
- Drive 2.0 miles to a jeep road on the right. Park near here.
HIKING ROUTE 1
- From the parking area (5480'), follow the jeep road east. It soon becomes a use trail.
- Follow this use trail 1 1/2 miles to saddle 6480'.
- Turn right (south) and ascend cross-country less 1/2 mile to the summit.
SPECIAL CONDITONS
Sandy Creek Canyon Road Gate (24S07) off of SR155 is seasonal. Call Greenhorn Ranger District at (760) 379-5646 for road condition and gate closure information.
If you are hiking 24S07, the old jeep road is 0.1 mile past a sharp turn west. If you reach McFarland Creek (gully) you have gone 0.2 mile too far.
ROUTE 2
- Distance: 4 miles round trip cross-country
- Gain: 2000'
- Time: 3-4 hours round trip
- Rating: Class 1, moderate
- Navigation: Moderate
Original: John Backus, 1985
DRIVING ROUTE 2
- From Lake Isabella (city) drive north on SR 155 for 7.0 miles to where it turns left in Wofford Heights. Turn left.
- Continue on SR 155 to Cedar Creek Campground on the right. Park here.
HIKING ROUTE 2
- From the campground (4800'), hike upstream along the canyon for more than 1/4 mile.
- After climbing past two waterfalls and then past a large pool above them, begin looking on the west side of the stream for a use trail.
- Take the use trail, which zigzags through brush to gain the east ridge of Bohna Peak.
- Continue west along this ridge to the summit.
ALTERNATE ROUTE
Bohna can be climbed from a trail junction near Sunday Peak. The Sunday Peak Route 2 guide describes this route.
Learn more about Bohna Peak.
Please report any corrections or changes to the Mountain Records Chair.