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** Use at Your Own Risk **
07A |
Frazier Mountain (LO) |
8013' |
Location: Ventura County, about 4 miles south-southwest of Frazier Park, 75 miles from Los Angeles
Maps
| Auto Club | Ventura County, Los Angeles and Vicinity |
| Forest Service | Los Padres National Forest: Mt Pinos, Ojai and Santa Barbara Ranger Districts |
| USGS Topo | Frazier Mtn 7½ |
| Official HPS Maps | TPO file - Save to your computer then open with National Geographic TOPO! |
| Viewable JPG file - Approximately 1.3 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: Tecuya Mountain
ROUTE 1
(USFS Adventure Pass may be required)- Distance: None
- Gain: None
- Time: None
- Rating: Drive-up
Original: Warren E. von Pertz, December 1968
DRIVING ROUTE 1
- Take I-5 north past Gorman to the Frazier Park turnoff.
- Go west on Frazier Park Mountain Road for 7 miles to the junction with the Lockwood Valley Road in Lake of the Woods. Turn left.
- Go 0.9 mile on the Lockwood Valley Road to the entrance to the Chuchupate Ranger Station on the left. Turn left. Note your odometer and go as follows:
- At 2.5 miles, pass the Chuchupate Campground. Pavement ends.
- At 3.0 miles, seasonal gate.
- At 5.8 miles, fork. Go right.
- At 7.1 miles, summit with a lookout tower. Park here.
SPECIAL CONDITIONS
The dirt road past the Chuchupate Ranger Station is seasonal and may be gated about 3 miles above the Ranger Station.
Because of repeated vandalism, the summit register has been moved to a pile of rocks very roughly 30 yards northeast of the benchmark.
ROUTE 2
- Distance: 11.4 miles round trip
- Gain: 3500' total, 3300' out plus 200' on return
- Time: 7-8 hours round trip
- Rating: Class 1, Strenuous
- Navigation: Difficult
Original: Peter Doggett, April 2013
DRIVING ROUTE 2
- From Sylmar rideshare (Roxford & I-5) drive north on I-5 about 45 miles to the Frazier Mtn. Park Road. Exit freeway.
- At end of the off-ramp, reset odometer & turn left.
- At 3.7 miles there is a flashing red stop sign. Turn left here on Monterey Trail.
- At 3.8 miles, turn left on Park Drive.
- At about 4.0 miles, Park Drive veers south and turns into East End Drive. Continue.
- At 4.3 miles the pavement ends. Park here.
HIKING ROUTE 2
- From the parking area (4900'), hike southwest up the dirt road & pass a gate after 0.1 mile.
- Continue up the dirt road for another mile until it ends (5450').
- Turn right and follow a path that goes up a major, steep canyon for 1.5 miles.
- Upon reaching the top of the NE gully (7500' contour), head west for 0.2 mile to a faint dirt road.
- Turn left and follow this dirt road for 0.2 mile to 8N24 (elevation 7700').
- Turn right on 8N24 & after 1.2 miles, you'll meet 121, a dirt road that comes up from Arrastra Flat. Keep right.
- After another 0.5 mile, turn left and follow this dirt road for 1 mile to the summit antennas.
SPECIAL CONDITIONS
Because of repeated vandalism, the summit register has been moved to a pile of rocks very roughly 30 yards northeast of the benchmark.
History of Summit Signature
Climbing Archives
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