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** Use at Your Own Risk **
13G |
Mount Lewis |
8396' |
Location: Los Angeles County, about 17 miles north of Glendora, 60 miles from Los Angeles
Maps
| Auto Club | Los Angeles and Vicinity |
| Forest Service | Angeles National Forest |
| USGS Topo | Crystal Lake 7½ |
| Official HPS Maps | TPO file - Save to your computer then open with National Geographic TOPO! |
| Viewable PDF file - Approximately 2.3 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: 1 mile round trip on use trail
- Gain: 500'
- Time: 1/2 hour round trip
- Rating: Class 1, easy
Original: Warren E. von Pertz, March 1968
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. Keep straight.
- Continue 30.5 miles to Dawson Saddle. There is a highway maintenance building on the left (north) side of the road, and the road starts downhill at this point. Park here.
HIKING ROUTE 1
- From the parking area (7901'), the trail to Lewis starts up a steep bank adjacent to the west side of the maintenance building.
- Hike up it to the top of a ridge and then continue north along the ridge to the summit.
NATURAL HISTORICAL NOTE
A fine forest of Jeffrey pines provides shade all the way. There are excellent views of the Antelope Valley from the summit area.
History of Summit Signature
Climbing Archives
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