Printable Peak Guide

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Location: Los Angeles County, about 9 miles south of Pearblossom, 49 miles from Los Angeles

Auto Club	Los Angeles and Vicinity
Forest Service	Angeles National Forest
USGS Topos	Juniper Hills 7½, Waterman Mountain 7½, Valyermo 7½
Official HPS Maps	TPO file - Save to your computer then open with National Geographic TOPO!
	Viewable JPG file - Approximately 1.5 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)

(USFS Adventure Pass may be required)

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. Keep straight.
Continue 20 miles to the entrance to Buckhorn Campground on the left. Turn left.
Go right, then left at the next two forks, then follow the signs "Burkhart Trail" to a large parking area.
If the campground entrance is locked, drive SR 2 another 0.8 mile to the campground exit. Park beside the entrance, and hike down the entrance road to the same parking area.

From the parking area (6440'), hike north down the Burkhart Trail (10W02) about 2 miles to where the Cooper Canyon Trail comes in from the west.
Follow the combined trails upstream (east) 1/3 mile and cross the creek (5600') and proceed 100' to a trail junction with the Rattlesnake Trail (signed).
Follow this trail upstream to the north and continue on to Burkhart Saddle.
Hike west up a steep use trail to the summit of Will Thrall Peak.
Continue northwest along the ridge to a saddle.
Then follow the trail on the south slope of the ridge to a point where the trail is only 20' below the ridge; here climb up to the ridge and follow it to the summit.
On the return to Burkhart Saddle, you will find a use trail which skirts Will Thrall Peak on the south, starting at the saddle between the peaks (This use trail has deteriorated and may be difficult to find and use).