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** Use at Your Own Risk **
09C |
Condor Peak |
5440'+ |
Location: Los Angeles County, about 8 miles north of La Cañada-Flintridge in the San Gabriel Mountains, 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, Iron Mountain #2, Fox Mountain #2
ROUTE 1
(USFS Adventure Pass may be required)- Distance: 10+ miles round trip on road and trail
- Gain: 2400' total, 1000' out plus 1400' on return
- Time: 5-6 hours round trip
- Rating: Class 1, moderate
Original: Dick Akawie, January 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 left and follow the road down to a second fork near a water tank.
- Take the right fork and follow it, as it becomes a trail, down to a saddle at the junction with the Trail Canyon Trail.
- Keep straight here on the Condor Peak Trail and follow it about a mile to the saddle east of Condor Peak.
- From here, follow a use trail up the ridge up 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 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 right and follow the Condor Peak Trail to the saddle east of Condor Peak.
- From here, follow a use trail up the ridge up to the summit.
ROUTE 3
(USFS Adventure Pass may be required)- Distance: 15 miles round trip on trail and cross-country
- Gain: 4000' (adds 800' to Fox Mountain #2)
- Time: 9-10 hours round trip
- Rating: Class 1, strenuous
Original: Paul A. Lipsohn, May 1974
DRIVING ROUTE 3
- See the Fox Mountain #2 guide.
HIKING ROUTE 3
- See the Fox Mountain #2 guide.
- From the saddle just north of Fox Mountain #2, follow the ridge to the northwest along fire road 13W05 to the saddle just east of Condor Peak.
- From here, follow a use trail up the ridge up to the summit.
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