Printable Peak Guide

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Location: Ventura County, about 6 miles northeast of Ojai, 107 miles from Los Angeles

Auto Club	Ventura County
Forest Service	Los Padres National Forest: Mt Pinos, Ojai and Santa Barbara Ranger Districts
USGS Topo	Lion Canyon 7½
Official HPS Maps	TPO file - Save to your computer then open with National Geographic TOPO!
	Viewable PDF file - Approximately 2.8 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)

(USFS Adventure Pass may be required)

Take US 101 and SR 33 to the town of Ojai.
From the intersection of SR 150 and SR 33 in Ojai, go north on SR 33 for 14.7 miles to a road on the right signed "Rose Valley - 4". Turn right.
Go 3.1 miles to a fork on the right. Turn right.
Drive into the campground. If you are not going to camp here, park just outside the campground. If you are camping, there is a limit of two cars per campsite.

From the parking area (3450'), hike up a road (22W15) on the west end of the campground past a locked gate.
Continue up the road 2.2 miles to its junction with the Nordhoff Ridge Road (22W07) at 5050'.
Turn left and continue on 22W07 past a wire gate at 3.7 miles.
Continue to a saddle at 3.9 miles where the road leaves the ridge and goes down around the north side of Chief.
Leave the road on the right side and follow a faint use trail up the ridge.
Go over elevation 5471' and down into a saddle.
Then follow a ducked route around the right side of the ridge and then left up to the summit.