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** Use at Your Own Risk **
10A |
Mount Emma |
5273' |
Location: Los Angeles County, about 9 miles south-southeast of Palmdale, 48 miles from Los Angeles
Maps
| Auto Club | Los Angeles and Vicinity |
| Forest Service | Angeles National Forest |
| USGS Topo | Pacifico Mountain 7½ |
| Official HPS Maps | TPO file - Save to your computer then open with National Geographic TOPO! |
| Viewable JPG file - Approximately 1 meg | |
| 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: Old Mount Emma, Cole Point
ROUTE 1
(USFS Adventure Pass may be required)- Distance: 2 miles round trip on use trail and firebreak
- Gain: 1000'
- Time: 1 1/2 hours round trip
- Rating: Class 1, easy
Original: Warren E. von Pertz, February 1969
DRIVING ROUTE 1
- From the intersection of I-210 and Angeles Crest Highway (SR 2), drive north on Angeles Crest Highway 9.5 miles to Angeles Forest Highway. Turn left (north).
- Go about 20 miles to the Mount Emma Road. Turn right (northeast).
- Continue 2.0 miles to where the road goes over a shallow saddle. Park here.
HIKING ROUTE 1
- From the parking area (4250'), hike southeast up a use trail which meets a firebreak at 4300'.
- Follow the firebreak to the summit.
ROUTE 2
HISTORICAL NOTES
The peak is named for shapely young Emma Pallett, one of the Pallett Ranch daughters. Early maps had the summit incorrectly labeled on elevation 5063', now called Old Mount Emma.
History of Summit Signature
Climbing Archives
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