Location: Kern County, about 16 miles north of Mojave, 120 miles from Los Angeles

Maps

Nearby Peaks: Chuckwalla Mountain

Distance: 7 miles round trip cross-country

Gain: 2500'

Time: 5-7 hours round trip

Rating: Class 1, moderate

Navigation: Moderate

Original: John Backus, March 1973

DRIVING ROUTE 1

• From Mojave, drive north on SR 14 for 19.5 miles to Jawbone Canyon Road on the left. Turn left. Note your odometer and go as follows:
• At 4.1 miles, pavement ends.
• At 6.3 miles, fork with a gated road to the left. Park here.

HIKING ROUTE 1

• From the parking area (2700'), hike past the gate (you may need to climb over the gate) for 1.6 miles, passing a fork left at 0.4 mile and some wrecked cars at 1.0 mile to a second fork to the left (south) at 2876'.
• Turn left. The road starts up a wash and then immediately turns and goes up a ridge. Follow the road to its end at a large boulder.
• Then turn left and go up to the top of the ridge to the shallow saddle at 4300'.
• Turn right and go up the ridge, keeping right to avoid some of the scree.
• Continue on to the summit.

NOTE

This route is not recommended until access on BLM property is resolved (May 2021). The gate remains locked and security patrol advises hikers that this is private property. BLM property is open to the public, but negotiating the private vs BLM parcels is potentially difficult.