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** Use at Your Own Risk **
11E |
Mount Sally |
5408' |
Location: Los Angeles County, about 8 miles north of Monrovia, 35 miles from Los Angeles
Maps
| Auto Club | Los Angeles and Vicinity |
| Forest Service | Angeles National Forest |
| USGS Topo | Chilao Flat 7½ |
| Official HPS Maps | TPO file - Save to your computer then open with National Geographic TOPO! |
| Viewable JPG file - Approximately 1.2 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) |
ROUTE 1
(USFS Adventure Pass may be required)- Distance: 2 1/4 miles round trip on firebreak
- Gain: 600'
- Time: 1 1/2 hours round trip
- Rating: Class 1, easy
Original: Charlie Knapke, December 1996
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. Keep straight.
- Continue about 4.5 miles to the junction with the Mount Wilson Road at the Red Box Ranger Station.
- Continue on Angeles Crest Highway about 4.5 miles farther to the large parking area at Shortcut Saddle. This is marked on the topo as "Shortcut Picnic Grounds". Park here.
HIKING ROUTE 1
- From the parking area (4780'), hike east up the brushy ridge on the south side of the highway. Follow the firebreak about a mile up to the summit.
ROUTE 2
(USFS Adventure Pass may be required)- Distance: 1 1/2 miles round trip on firebreak
- Gain: 400'
- Time: 1 hour round trip
- Rating: Class 1, easy
Original: Warren E. von Pertz and Al Campbell, February 1969
DRIVING ROUTE 2
- From the parking spot for Route 1, continue east on Angeles Crest Highway 1.8 miles to mile marker 45 and park on the left where convenient.
HIKING ROUTE 2
- From the parking area (4980'), you will see a low ridge just meters east of the parking area. Obtain this ridge, turn right and hike southwest up the ridge to the summit. The second summit to the west is lower.
HISTORICAL NOTE
Mount Sally is named for Stella (Sally) Neuman, a clerk on the staff of Forest Supervisor William Mendenhall. Sally's name was placed on the map as a joke by one of her admirers.
History of Summit Signature
Climbing Archives
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