Location: Kern County, about 13 miles south of Inyokern, about 124 miles from Los Angeles

Maps

Distance: 9 miles round trip on road and cross-country

Gain: 2000'

Time: 4 hours round trip

Rating: Class 2, moderate

Original: Martin Feather, February 1991

DRIVING ROUTE 2

• From Mojave, go north on SR 14 for 44.2 miles to SR 178 on the right (Inyokern turnoff).
• Go approximately 4 miles on SR 178 east to the four-way intersection in Inyokern.
• From the four-way intersection in Inyokern, go south on the Randsburg Inyo-Kern Road (Brown Road) for 5.9 miles to a poor paved road on the right. Turn right. Note your odometer and go as follows:
• At 1.1 miles, pass some mining equipment. The road becomes well-graded dirt.
• At 2.1 miles, pass a quarry visible on the left. The road degrades past this point.
• At 5.5 miles, pass a parking area and campsite on the right with some trees.
• At 5.7 miles, the road again crosses the wash. Sheep Spring and a tree are on the left side of the road. Park here. The wash crossings get worse beyond this point.

HIKING ROUTE 2

• Continue south on the road for about 1 1/4 miles to a junction (3430').
• Turn right (west) and follow this road, shown as a jeep trail on the map, about 3/4 mile to another junction. Take note of this junction for the return journey.
• Turn right and proceed in a westerly direction about a mile to where the road makes a sharp left turn at 3760'+ and begins to go east-southeast along a wash. Two washes converge at this point.
• Leave the road and go a short distance up the left (southern) wash. This is the wash that goes up to a saddle just south of the summit.
• Ascend the left side of the wash onto the ridge at a small saddle (3800').
• From here proceed westward up this ridge and into the saddle just south of the summit.
• From here pick up a faint use trail which leads up to the peak.