USE AT YOUR OWN RISK
Location: Los Angeles County, about 19 miles southeast of Gorman, 78 miles from Los Angeles
Maps
| Auto Club | Los Angeles and Vicinity |
| Forest Service | Angeles National Forest |
| USGS Topo | Burnt Peak 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: Liebre Mountain, Burnt Peak
ROUTE 1
(USFS Adventure Pass may be required)
- Distance: 7.4 miles round trip
- Gain: 2400' total, 1500' out plus 900' on return
- Time: 2 1/2 hours round trip
- Rating: Class 1, moderate
- Navigation: Easy
- Route: Steep firebreak
Original: Warren E. von Pertz, 1968
DRIVING ROUTE 1
- Take I-5 north to the town of Castaic and exit on Lake Hughes Road.
- Take Lake Hughes Road northeast for 23.6 miles to where it ends at a
junction with N2, Pine Canyon Road. Turn left (west).
- Go 4.7 miles to Bushnell summit with a junction with 7N23 on the left.
Turn left. Note your odometer and go as follows:
- At 2.0 miles, fork. Go right.
- At 3.2 miles, junction with 7N08 and a gate. Park here.
If gate is open, you can turn left onto 7N08 and continue another
1.7 miles to a parking area at 5350'.
HIKING ROUTE 1
- Go through the gate and head south then east 1.7 miles to where a firebreak
takes off on the right (south) side of the road.
- Follow the firebreak down into a saddle
and up over a bump and on out the ridge to the summit. The summit is about
150' lower than the parking area.
PEAK COMBINATIONS
Sawtooth is commonly climbed with Burnt Peak
and Liebre Mtn, with a short drive between each
trailhead.