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** Use at Your Own Risk **
15B |
Smith Mountain |
5111' |
Location: Los Angeles County, about 10 miles north of Azusa, 42 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 JPG file - Approximately 645K | |
| 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: 7 miles round trip on trail and cross-country
- Gain: 1800'
- Time: 3-4 hours round trip
- Rating: Class 1, moderate
- Navigation: Easy
- Leader Rating: "O", normal conditions
Original: John Linden, January 1968
DRIVING ROUTE 1
- From the intersection of I-210 and Azusa Avenue (SR 39), drive north on Azusa Avenue about 18.2 miles to a wide paved parking area on the left. Park here. This is about 0.2 mile before the Coldbrook Ranger Station and Campground.
HIKING ROUTE 1
- From the parking area (3280'), a trail starts at the north end of the parking lot.
- Hike up this trail about 3 miles to a saddle just north of Smith Mountain (4240').
- There may be a sign here reading "San Gabriel Wilderness".
- Leave the trail on the left and follow a use trail south along a firebreak up to the summit.
ROUTE 2
(USFS Adventure Pass may be required)- Distance: 6.5 miles round trip cross-country
- Gain: 2800' total, 1300' out plus 1700' on return
- Time: 5 hours round trip
- Rating: Class 1, moderate
- Navigation: Easy
- Leader Rating: "O", normal conditions
DRIVING ROUTE 2
- From the intersection of I-210 and Azusa Avenue (SR 39), drive north on Azusa Avenue to the Crystal Lake entrance.
- Continue on SR 39 for 0.3 miles to a locked gate. Park on the left in the wide paved parking area before the gate.
HIKING ROUTE 2
- From the parking area (5200'), hike past the locked gate and up the road for about a mile until you see a gated dirt road on your left.
- Pass through this gate and continue uphill to gain the ridge.
- Follow this wide firebreak on the ridge to the saddle (4240') north of Smith Mountain where there is a junction with Route 1.
- From here follow a use trail south along a firebreak up to the summit.
NOTES
Routes 1 and 2 can be combined for an excellent car shuttle trip by hiking south on Route 2 and east on Route 1.
Smith Mountain and its north-south ridgeline form the eastern border of the San Gabriel Wilderness, but no permits are required to hike the peak at this time.
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