USE AT YOUR OWN RISK
Location: Los Angeles County, about 14 miles north of Azusa, 51 miles from Los Angeles
Maps
| Auto Club | Los Angeles and Vicinity |
| Forest Service | Angeles National Forest |
| USGS Topo | Waterman Mountain 7½ |
| Official HPS Maps |
TPO file - Save to your computer then open with National Geographic TOPO! |
| | Viewable PDF file - Approximately 4.4 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 1/2 miles round trip on road and use trail
- Gain: 700'
- Time: 1 1/2 hours round trip
- Rating: Class 1, easy
Original: Bob Thompson
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 22 miles farther on
Angeles Crest Highway to the Vista Picnic Ground on
the right (south). Park here.
HIKING ROUTE 1
- From the parking area (6800'), hike south through the picnic ground
about 200 yards to the ridge.
- Turn west, picking up an old logging road
along the north side of the ridge.
- Continue about 1/2 mile to a shallow
saddle with a rocky prominence on the right.
- Turn left here and follow a
use trail directly up the slope, then
follow an old dirt roadbed
around to the right to the top of
the ski lift.
- Directly behind the ski lift, climb the ridge about 200
yards, past a picnic table, to the summit.