Printable Peak Guide

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Location: San Bernardino County, about 10 miles northwest of Fawnskin, 110 miles from Los Angeles

Auto Club	Los Angeles and Vicinity, San Bernardino Mountain Area
Forest Service	San Bernardino National Forest
USGS Topos	Butler Peak 7½, Lake Arrowhead 7½
Official HPS Maps	TPO file - Save to your computer then open with National Geographic TOPO!
	Viewable PDF file - Approximately 840K
	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 south:

Drive to the town of Fawnskin (east on I-10 to I-215, then north to SR 210, then east to SR 330, then north to SR 18, then east to the dam at Big Bear Lake, then north on SR 38).
Turn left (northwest) on Rim of the World Drive 3N14 in Fawnskin (paved for first 1/2 mile). Note your odometer and go as follows:
At 1.3 miles, fork with 2N13 to the left and 3N14 to the right. Keep right.
At 1.8 miles, fork with Holcomb Valley Road (3N12) to the right. Keep left.
At 2.0 miles, Hanna Flat with 2N68 to the left. Go right.
At 4.4 miles, stream crossing and a junction with 3N93 to the left and 3N08 to the right. Go straight.
At 6.0 miles, fork with 3N97 to the left. Go right.
At 6.9 miles, junction with 3N16 at Big Pine Flat. Keep straight.
At 7.0 miles, entrance to Big Pine Flat Campground. Keep straight.
At 10.5 miles, junction with 3N41 on the left. Go left if the gate is open, otherwise park here..
At 10.9 miles, parking area just short of a locked gate. Park here.

From the north:

Drive east on I-10 and north on I-15 to the Hesperia turnoff.
Go east on Main Street in Hesperia for 7.2 miles to the "Y" junction of Rock Springs Road (on the left) and Arrowhead Lake Road (the main road continuing on the right). Turn left (east) on Rock Springs Road. Note your odometer and go as follows:
At 2.9 miles, Kiowa Way on the left. Continue straight as Rock Springs Road becomes Roundup Way.
At 5.9 miles, pavement ends. Continue east.
At 7.3 miles, intersection with the Bowen Ranch Road. Turn right (south).
At 8.2 miles, fork. Keep left.
At 9.4 miles, junction with Coxey Truck Trail (3N14), turn left. This is the turnoff for Round Mountain and one of the Luna Mountain routes. Note your odometer again and go as follows:
Drive 4.4 miles, pass through a gate.
At 7.3 miles at the juncture with 4N16 continue south on 3N14 for another two miles to parking area.

From the parking area (5860'), hike south past the gate, following the old roadbed about 1.2 miles to a wide flat area beyond the site of Hawes Ranch, signed "Muddy Springs - 3".
Follow the Muddy Springs Trail west for 1 1/2 miles to saddle 6240'+. Note that the trail has been re-routed from the track shown on the topo. It now swings north to the saddle west of bump 6212', then traverses gently south to the saddle.
Continue west on trail, downhill at first and then through a series of ups and downs as the trail contours along the south slopes of Shay Mountain, for about 1 1/2 miles to where the trail reaches the final saddle north of peak 5805'. (This saddle has the first close, expansive view of Deep Creek canyon to the west.)
Leave the trail here and go south along the ridge, up and over "Old Deer Mountain" (5805'). There is usually a register here. Drop down to the saddle just north of Deer Mountain, then up to the summit.