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Location: Kern County, about 15 miles west of Frazier Park, 90 miles from Los Angeles

Auto Club	Kern County
Forest Service	Los Padres National Forest: Mt Pinos, Ojai and Santa Barbara Ranger Districts
USGS Topos	Eagle Rest 7½, Sawmill Mountain 7½
Official HPS Maps	TPO file - Save to your computer then open with National Geographic TOPO!
	Viewable PDF file - Approximately 12 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)

(USFS Adventure Pass may be required)

Distance: 2 1/2 miles round trip on trail and cross-country from Sawmill Mountain
Gain: 700' total, 300' out plus 400' on return
Time: 2 hours round trip
Rating: Class 1, moderate
Navigation: Easy
Original: John Backus, July 1982

Drive north on I-5 to the Frazier Park exit. Turn left (west). Note your odometer and go as follows:
At 7.2 miles, Lake of the Woods. Here, the Lockwood Valley Road forks left and the Cuddy Valley Road goes straight. Keep straight.
At 5.3 miles, junction with Mount Pinos Road (straight) and the Mil Potrero Road (right). Go straight on the Mount Pinos Road.
At 13.9 miles, a large paved parking area and a road with a gate continuing farther on the left side. If the gate is open, continue 1 1/2 miles farther to the summit of Mount Pinos. If the gate is locked, park here and hike up to the summit of Mount Pinos.

From the summit of Mount Pinos, take the ridge trail 21W03 down into the saddle to the west.
From the saddle, the trail goes up the east side of Sawmill and along the south side of the summit ridge. Where the trail begins to go downhill is the turnoff for Sawmill Mountain.
Continue west on the ridge trail 21W03 to a junction in a shallow saddle 1/4 mile farther, where there is a sign 'Sheep Camp 1/2'.
Keep to the right and continue to a saddle 1/4 mile farther; then ascend due west to the top of a low ridge, turn left (south) and follow the ridge to the summit, which is the southern bump.