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)

(Special Permit and 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. Turn right.
Go 3.1 miles to a fork on the right with a sign "Rose Valley Campground - 1/2". Turn right.
Drive into the campground. There is a road with a locked gate on the west side of the campground. Use the combination supplied with your permit to unlock the gate and lock it behind you. Note your odometer and go as follows:
At 2.2 miles, junction with the Nordhoff Ridge Road (22W15). Turn left (east).
At 3.5 miles, pass through a wire gate.
At 3.9 miles a saddle with a duck on the south side. Park here.

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.