Printable Peak Guide

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Location: Ventura County, about 20 miles southwest of Frazier Park, 90 miles from Los Angeles

Auto Club	Ventura County, Los Angeles and Vicinity
Forest Service	Los Padres National Forest: Mt Pinos, Ojai and Santa Barbara Ranger Districts
USGS Topos	Lion Canyon 7½, Lockwood Valley 7½, Topatopa Mountains 7½
Official HPS Maps	TPO file - Save to your computer then open with National Geographic TOPO!
	Viewable JPG file - Approximately 660K
	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)

Take I-5 north past Gorman to the Frazier Park turnoff.
Go west on Frazier Park Mountain Road for 7 miles to the signed junction with the Lockwood Valley Road. Turn left.
Go 10.5 miles on the Lockwood Valley Road to the Mutau Road (7N03) on the left with a sign "Pine Springs CG". Turn left. Note your odometer and go as follows:
At 1.5 miles, pavement ends.
At 2.1 miles, Piano Box Road on the left. This is the turnoff for Lockwood Peak. Keep straight.
At 2.5 miles, another junction with Piano Box Road on the left. (This turn also leads to the Lockwood Peak trailhead). Keep straight.
At 2.7 miles, fork with 7N03A on the right. This is the turnoff for San Guillermo Mountain. Keep straight.
At 7.4 miles, stream crossing.
At 7.5 miles, fork to the left (east). This is the turnoff for San Rafael Peak. Park here.

7N03B is now closed (early 2023), and not scheduled for repair, so hiking begins at the closure point.
Hike road 7N03B (which forked right from 7N03) approximately 1½ miles to the Thorn Meadows (Snedden) campground.
The trail starts at the fence on the west side of the parking area (5000') adjacent to the campsite with a lone Jeffery pine tree. Follow the trail across two small ravines to reach a second fence where the trail goes up to the left just before a canyon.
Turn left and follow this trail up a shallow canyon for about a mile.
It then ascends a ridge via switchbacks and goes west along the ridge to the lookout tower on the summit. The register is on a rock 30 yards east of the tower.