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** Use at Your Own Risk **
07G |
Alamo Mountain |
7360'+
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Location: Ventura County, about 10 miles southwest of Gorman, 77 miles from Los Angeles
Maps
| Auto Club | Ventura County |
| Forest Service | Los Padres National Forest: Mt Pinos, Ojai and Santa Barbara Ranger Districts |
| USGS Topo | Alamo Mountain 7½ |
| Official HPS Maps | TPO file - Save to your computer then open with National Geographic TOPO! |
| Viewable JPG file - Approximately 650K | |
| 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: McDonald Peak, Sewart Mountain, Snowy Peak, Black Mountain #2, Cobblestone Mountain, White Mountain #2
ROUTE 1
(USFS Adventure Pass may be required)- Distance: 2 miles round trip cross-country through forest
- Gain: 450'
- Time: 1 hour round trip
- Rating: Class 1, easy
- Navigation: Easy
- Leader Rating: "I", normal conditions
Original: Tom Hill, June 2001
DRIVING ROUTE 1
- Go north on I-5 to the town of Gorman. Get off on the signed Gorman exit.
- Turn left at the bottom of the off-ramp and go under the freeway.
- Go 0.1 mile to Peace Valley Road. Turn right.
- Go 1 mile to the entrance to Hungry Valley Recreation Area on your left (paved). Turn left. Note your odometer and go as follows:
- At 0.2 miles, entrance station. If manned, you can avoid payment of the fee by telling the State Park employee that you are passing through to Alamo Mountain.
- At 5.2 miles, intersection. Turn right (west) toward "Piru Creek", signed.
- At 11.4 miles, Piru Creek crossing. There is a seasonal gate just before this stream crossing.
- At 13.4 miles, the pavement ends.
- At 17.8 miles, fork to the left. Keep right.
- At 17.9 miles, junction with the Alamo Mountain Road. Go straight. Note your odometer again and go as follows:
- At 3.3 miles, fork immediately beyond a small road cut through the ridge. Turn right.
- At 4.5 miles, the road reaches its highest point at a shallow ridge south of the peak. Park here.
HIKING ROUTE 1
- From the parking area at the shallow ridge (7020'), hike north along the crest of a gentle ridge, keeping the western drop off visible to your left to simplify navigation in this easy terrain.
- After passing over a couple of small bumps the steeper summit area becomes visible. The register is found on a small rocky outcrop north of the more dramatic rock structures, and is the easternmost of the two highest summit bumps.
ROUTE 2
(USFS Adventure Pass may be required)- Distance: 3 miles round trip on road and use trail
- Gain: 850'
- Time: 1.5 hours round trip
- Rating: Class 1, easy
- Navigation: Easy
- Leader Rating: "O", normal conditions
Original: Warren E. von Pertz
DRIVING ROUTE 2
- Follow Driving Route 1 to the junction with Alamo Mountain Road at 17.9 miles. Turn right.
- At 18.3 miles, junction. Turn sharp left.
- At 18.7 miles, Twin Pines Campground. Park here.
HIKING ROUTE 2
- From the parking area in the campground (6620'), hike back up the road 0.1 mile to where an old road goes up to the left. Follow this road up to where it crosses the top of the ridge.
- Turn right on the ridge and follow it past a rock outcrop on the first bump to a rock outcrop on the second bump. The register is located on the top of this second rocky outcrop.
NOTES
Twin Pines Campground has a toilet but no other facilities.
Contact the USFS at (661) 245-3731 for information about the status of the seasonal gate at the Piru Creek crossing.
History of Summit Signature
Climbing Archives
Please report any corrections or changes to the Mountain Records Chair.