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** Use at Your Own Risk **
06A |
Peak Mountain |
5843' |
Location: Santa Barbara County, about 11 miles west-southwest of New Cuyama, 170 miles from Los Angeles
Maps
| Auto Club | Santa Barbara County |
| Forest Service | Los Padres National Forest: Mt Pinos, Ojai and Santa Barbara Ranger Districts |
| USGS Topos | Peak Mountain 7½, Bates Canyon 7½ (Driving Route 1) |
| Official HPS Maps | TPO file - Save to your computer then open with National Geographic TOPO! |
| Viewable JPG file - Approximately 570K | |
| 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: McPherson Peak
ROUTE 1
(USFS Adventure Pass may be required)- Distance: 1 mile round trip on firebreak
- Gain: 400'
- Time: 1 hour round trip
- Rating: Class 1, easy
- Navigation: Easy
- Leader Rating: "O", normal conditions
Original: John Backus
DRIVING ROUTE 1
- Drive north on I-5 past the Grapevine, to the SR 166 off-ramp. Turn left (west).
- Follow SR 166 about 46 miles to the town of New Cuyama. New Cuyama may also be reached by a shorter but slower route by driving north from Ventura through Ojai on SR 33, then west on SR 166.
- From New Cuyama, go west 12.8 miles to the Cottonwood Canyon Road (11N01). Turn left, note your odometer, and go as follows:
- At 4.9 miles, fork. Go left. The road narrows here.
- At 6.5 miles, White Oak Ranger Station and Campground. Keep straight.
- At 6.8 miles, the pavement ends at a gate with a sign "Bates Canyon Road".
- At 12.7 miles, junction with Sierra Madre Road. Turn left (east).
- At 17.5 miles, a saddle with a wide parking area on left. Park here.
HIKING ROUTE 1
- From the parking area (5440'), hike west up a firebreak less than 1/2 mile to the summit.
ROUTE 2
(USFS Adventure Pass may be required)- Distance: 6 1/2 miles round trip from McPherson Peak
- Gain: 1000' total, 600' out plus 400' on return
- Time: 3 hours round trip
- Rating: Class 1, easy, strenuous with McPherson Peak Route 2
- Navigation: Easy
- Leader Rating: "O", normal conditions
Original: John Backus
DRIVING ROUTE 2
- See the McPherson Peak guide. This route is normally only used when hiking McPherson Peak from Aliso Campground.
HIKING ROUTE 2
- From McPherson Peak, Peak Mountain is the third major hill along the ridge to the west, with a narrow firebreak going up its face.
- Go northwest down the ridge of McPherson Peak to the Sierra Madre Road.
- Hike 3 miles west on Sierra Madre Road to the saddle just east of Peak Mountain.
- Hike west up a firebreak less than 1/2 mile to the summit.
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