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** Use at Your Own Risk **
17A |
Sugarloaf Peak |
6924' |
Location: San Bernardino County, about 10 miles north of Upland, 45 miles from Los Angeles
Maps
| Auto Club | Los Angeles and Vicinity |
| Forest Service | Angeles National Forest |
| USGS Topos | Mt Baldy 7½, Cucamonga Peak 7½ |
| Official HPS Maps | TPO file - Save to your computer then open with National Geographic TOPO! |
| Viewable JPG file - Approximately 1.3 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) |
Nearby Peaks: Ontario Peak, Bighorn Peak
ROUTE 1
(USFS Adventure Pass may be required)- Distance: 4 miles round trip on trail and cross-country
- Gain: 2000'
- Time: 4 hours round trip
- Rating: Class 2, moderate
- Navigation: Moderate
- Leader Rating: "I", normal conditions
Original: Warren E. von Pertz, July 1969
DRIVING ROUTE 1
- Take the 210 freeway east to Baseline Road exit in the City of Claremont. Turn left (west) at the bottom of the off-ramp onto Baseline Road.
- Almost immediately, take the first right (north) onto Padua Ave.
- Go 1.8 miles north on Padua to the intersection with Mount Baldy Rd. Turn right (northeast).
- Take this road northeast and then north about seven miles to Mt. Baldy Village.
- Continue another two and a half miles (through Baldy Village) to a fork at Icehouse Canyon. Turn right.
- Go a short distance to a parking lot. Park here.
Note: Previous rideshare parking lot at the intersection of Mills Ave and Mt Baldy Road is no longer viable. The lot is now a paid parking area and not available for all day free or paid parking.
HIKING ROUTE 1
- From the parking area (5000'), trail 7W07 starts just to the right of the old Icehouse Lodge foundation. Hike up this trail about 1/2 mile to the first obvious switchback, a short one of only 20'.
- Continue 100' beyond this short switchback to a stretch of trail buttressed with chicken wire support on the righthand side. This is turnoff for Sugarloaf Peak via Falling Rock Canyon. There may be ducks on and around the log at the turnoff point.
- Leave the trail, cross the streambed, and go south up Falling Rock Canyon, turning right at about the 6200' contour and scrambling up a scree slope, to a saddle at the top (6700'). It is often necessary to bypass on the left a slippery waterfall near the beginning of the canyon.
- Turn right and follow the ridge to the peak passing a false bump on the left.
Note: HPS policy requires the possession and use of a climbing helmet on Class 3 terrain or where the hazard of rockfall is present. This requirement applies while in Falling Rock Canyon.
ROUTE 2
From Ontario Peak(USFS Adventure Pass may be required)
- Distance: 2 miles one way cross-country
- Gain: 200' plus 2000' of loss (descending to the trailhead at Icehouse Canyon requires an additional 2000' of loss)
- Time: 1 hour one way
- Rating: Class 2, strenuous
- Navigation: Moderate
- Leader Rating: "I", normal conditions
Original: Warren E. von Pertz, July 1969
DRIVING ROUTE 2
- Take the 210 freeway east to Baseline Road exit in the City of Claremont. Turn left (west) at the bottom of the off-ramp onto Baseline Road.
- Almost immediately, take the first right (north) onto Padua Ave.
- Go 1.8 miles north on Padua to the intersection with Mount Baldy Rd. Turn right (northeast).
- Take this road northeast and then north about seven miles to Mt. Baldy Village.
- Continue another two and a half miles (through Baldy Village) to a fork at Icehouse Canyon. Turn right.
- Go a short distance to a parking lot. Park here.
Note: Previous rideshare parking lot at the intersection of Mills Ave and Mt Baldy Road is no longer viable. The lot is now a paid parking area and not available for all day free or paid parking.
HIKING ROUTE 2
- See the Ontario Peak guide.
- From the summit of Ontario Peak, retrace your route to the very next rock outcropping. Continue another 50' and turn left down the hill picking up a ridge, which goes down to the saddle southeast of Sugarloaf Peak (6700').
- Go through the saddle and follow the ridge to the peak passing a false bump on the left.
- To descend Falling Rock Canyon, follow the reverse of Route 1 back to the parking lot.
Note: HPS policy requires the possession and use of a climbing helmet on Class 3 terrain or where the hazard of rockfall is present. This requirement applies whil in Falling Rock Canyon.
NOTE
Many hikers have taken the wrong ridge down from Ontario Peak and have had to negotiate high class 3 rock or have been forced to reclimb Ontario Peak. A map, compass, and good navigation skills are required!
SPECIAL CONDITIONS
Ontario Peak and Sugarloaf Peak are in the Cucamonga Wilderness. A permit is required. Applications are available on the trail just past the Icehouse Canyon Trailhead. Fill it and drop in the box, or contact the USFS Mt. Baldy Schoolhouse Visitor Center in Mt. Baldy Village at (909) 982-2829 (8:00 am to 4:30 pm). A permit can be obtained in advancy be writing to:
San Gabriel River Ranger DistrictAngeles National Forest
110 North Wabash Avenue
Glendora, CA 91741
(626) 335-1251
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