USE AT YOUR OWN RISK
Location: Los Angeles County, about 19 miles southeast of Gorman, 70 miles from Los Angeles
Maps
| Auto Club | Los Angeles and Vicinity |
| Forest Service | Angeles National Forest |
| USGS Topo | Liebre Mountain 7½ |
| Official HPS Maps |
TPO file - Save to your computer then open with National Geographic TOPO! |
| | Viewable PDF file - Approximately 4.2 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) |
Nearby Peaks: Burnt Peak, Sawtooth Mountain
ROUTE 3
(USFS Adventure Pass may be required)
- Distance: 12 miles round trip
- Gain: 1900' total, 1850' out plus 250' on return
- Time: 6 hours round trip
- Rating: Class 1, moderate
- Navigation: Easy
- Leader Rating: "O", normal conditions
Original: Catherine Rossbach, Sunny Yi, and Jason Park, 2025
DRIVING ROUTE 3
- Take I-5 north to exit for Quail Lake Road/SR 138.
- Go 4 miles east on SR 138 to a paved road signed as Old Ridge Route Road, which is the beginning of Los Angeles County Road N2. Turn right.
- Go 2.2 miles east to Pine Canyon Road (which is a continuation of N2).
- Continue straight on Old Ridge Route Road (8N04) for another .7 mile,
approximately 1000 feet past the ruins of the Sandberg Hotel on the right side of Old Ridge Road.
The road deteriorates. It is at times paved and at times gravel with some washouts. High clearance
vehicle is not required.
- Park in a very wide section of the road and climb left off the road over a low berm
onto the "Sandberg Trail."
HIKING ROUTE 3
- Follow the Sandberg Trail to the right. It is at times deeply rutted from bike traffic
as it winds its way up to the base of Sandberg Peak (5345').
- From this point, the Sandberg Trail roughly parallels the dirt road (7N23) that goes
all the way to the broad, flat area of the HPS summit of Liebre Mountain.
- Note that roughly a half mile before you reach the HPS summit, you will pass the
USGS summit of Liebre Mountain on the right. A register is located in a small rocky formation
just above a wide, circular parking area. This is not the HPS summit register.
- The summit cairn of the HPS summit is in a grove of trees to the left (north) of the road.
This summit has very little prominence and is somewhat difficult to discern. If you reach
a circular turnaround area in the road where the PCT emerges from the north, you have
gone too far.
- Returning to the trailhead on 7N23 until it diverges from the Sandberg Trail is somewhat
easier walking and saves a mile, but it isn't as pretty as the trail.