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** Use at Your Own Risk **
09B |
Iron Mountain #2 |
5635' |
Location: Los Angeles County, about 9 miles north of La Cañada-Flintridge, 53 miles from Los Angeles
Maps
| Auto Club | Los Angeles and Vicinity |
| Forest Service | Angeles National Forest |
| USGS Topos | Condor Peak 7½, Sunland 7½ |
| Official HPS Maps | TPO file - Save to your computer then open with National Geographic TOPO! |
| Viewable PDF file - Approximately 6.0 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: Mount Gleason, Condor Peak, Fox Mountain #2
ROUTE 1
(USFS Adventure Pass may be required)- Distance: 6+ miles round trip on road and cross-country
- Gain: 1300' total, 600' out plus 700' on return
- Time: 3 hours round trip
- Rating: Class 1, easy
Original: Dick Akawie, February 1968
Note: The gate at Mount Gleason Road at Mill Creek Summit has been closed to vehicles for a number of years. 3N17 is accessible to biking and hiking, following the directions and mileage below. This adds 22 miles round trip to a previously 10 mile hike (Route 1), so check out Route 2 unless you are a hard core hiker or mountain biker!
DRIVING ROUTE 1
- Drive north on Angeles Crest Highway (SR 2) for 9.5 miles to its junction with Angeles Forest Highway (N3). Turn left.
- Drive north on Angeles Forest Highway 14.2 miles to Mill Creek Summit. Turn left on Mount Gleason Road (3N17). Note your odometer and go as follows:
- At 6.2 miles, a fork, where the paved road goes into a detention center. Take the left fork (dirt) around the detention center.
- At 8.8 miles, a gated paved road goes right (north) just past a microwave tower. This is the parking spot for Mount Gleason. Keep left.
- At 9.3 miles, fork. Turn left.
- At 9.5 miles, fork at Lightning Point Campground (shown on topo as "Mt. Gleason Campground"). Turn right.
- Continue downhill about 1.6 miles to a locked gate at a saddle. This saddle is just northeast of bump 5846'.
HIKING ROUTE 1
- From the parking area (5700'), pass the gate and hike west 1 1/2 miles to Indian Ben Saddle. Two trails leave the road at this point marked by signs.
- Continue west on the road 1/4 mile to a where the road forks.
- Keep right and follow 3N32 another 0.1 mile to a saddle where the road curves around to the north side of the ridge.
- Leave the road here and climb a firebreak west 0.8 mile and 400' gain to the summit.
Note: Iron, Condor and Fox as a single hike is 14+ miles and about 4200' gain, plus 22 miles round trip and additional gain on the road from Mill Creek Summit.
ROUTE 2
(USFS Adventure Pass may be required)- Distance: 15 miles round trip on trail, road, and cross-country
- Gain: 3800'
- Time: 8-9 hours round trip
- Rating: Class 1, strenuous
Original: Paul A. Lipsohn, May 1974
DRIVING ROUTE 2
- From the intersection of Mt. Gleason Avenue and Foothill Boulevard in Sunland, drive north on Mount Gleason, which becomes Big Tujunga Canyon Road, about 5 miles to Upper Trail Canyon Road on the left. Turn left.
- Follow this road to a large parking area and a locked gate. Park here.
HIKING ROUTE 2
- From the parking area, hike up Trail Canyon Trail (13W03) 5 miles and 3000' gain, passing Tom Lucas Campground, to where the trail meets the Condor Peak Trail between Iron Mountain #2 and Condor Peak.
- Turn left (northwest), passing a water tank, and hike 1/2 mile farther on a dirt road, past a gate, to a road fork.
- Turn left (west) and go 0.1 mile to a saddle where the road curves around to the north side of the ridge.
- Leave the road here and climb a firebreak west 0.8 mile and 400' gain to the summit.
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