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** Use at Your Own Risk **
09D |
Fox Mountain #2 |
5033' |
Location: Los Angeles County, about 7 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 | Acton 7½, Condor Peak 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, Condor Peak
ROUTE 1
(USFS Adventure Pass may be required)- Distance: 12+ miles round trip on road and trail
- Gain: 3400' total, 1500' out plus 2100' on return
- Time: 6-7 hours round trip
- Rating: Class 1, strenuous
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 11 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 go southeast along the ridge fire road for 1.2 miles to a saddle just west of Fox Mountain #2.
- Then climb 0.3 mile and 400' gain up a use trail 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: 14 miles round trip on road and trail
- Gain: 3000'
- Time: 6-7 hours round trip
- Rating: Class 1, strenuous
Original: Paul A. Lipsohn, May 1974
DRIVING ROUTE 2
- Exit I-210 at Sunland Boulevard.
- Turn right (east) at Sunland Boulevard. This soon becomes Foothill Boulevard.
- Drive 1.6 miles to Mt. Gleason Ave. Foothill takes a turn to the right at this point. Turn left onto Mt. Gleason Ave.
- Drive 1.4 miles to Big Tujunga Canyon Road. Turn right.
- Drive 7 miles to mile marker 5.82. This is the beginning of the Condor Trail. Park off the pavement.
Note: At mile marker 4.50, there is a use trail that shortcuts to the Condor Trail. It is well maintained and saves about 2 miles round trip on the hike.
HIKING ROUTE 2
- Hike up the trail (13W057) to the saddle just north of Fox Mountain #2.
- Then turn right (south) go up a use trail to the summit.
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