Location: Ventura County, about 15 miles southwest of Gorman, 83 miles from Los Angeles

Maps

Nearby Peaks: Alamo Mountain, Sewart Mountain, Snowy Peak, Black Mountain #2, Cobblestone Mountain, White Mountain #2

Distance: 1 mile round trip on use trail

Gain: 400'

Time: 1 hour round trip

Rating: Class 1, easy

Navigation: Easy

Leader Rating: "O", normal conditions

Original: Warren E. von Pertz, January 1974

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 11.2 miles, improved car camping area on right, with toilets. Often used as a meeting point.
• 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. To the right leads to Alamo Mountain Route 1. Turn left.
• At 4.0 miles, the road forks at the Little Mutau trailhead. Turn left. Past this point the road can sometimes be poor but is usually passable.
• At 6.3 miles the road comes out on a ridge with a parking area above the road on the right (south). Park here.

HIKING ROUTE 1

• From the parking area (6500'), the peak can be seen to the southwest.
• Start west along the ridge and follow it as it swings around to the southeast and then up to the summit.