USE AT YOUR OWN RISK
Location: San Bernardino County, about 7 miles southeast of Big Bear Lake, 104 miles from Los Angeles
Maps
| Auto Club | Los Angeles and Vicinity |
| Forest Service | San Bernardino National Forest |
| USGS Topo | Moonridge 7½ |
| Official HPS Maps |
TPO file - Save to your computer then open with National Geographic TOPO! |
| | Viewable PDF file - Approximately 4.5 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 4
(USFS Adventure Pass may be required)
- Distance: 5.2 miles round trip
- Gain: 2400'
- Time: 4 hours round trip
- Rating: Class 1, moderate
- Navigation: Moderate
- Leader Rating: "I", normal conditions
- Route: Cross-country and trail
Original: David Harris, October 2020
DRIVING ROUTE 4
- Drive east on I-10 to I-215.
- Go north on I-215 to SR 210.
- Go east on SR 210 to SR 330.
- Go north on SR 330 to Running Springs. Turn right on SR 18.
- Continue on SR 18 to the junction of SR 18 and SR 38. Reset your odometer here.
- Continue 6.0 miles on SR 18 to Moonridge Road. Turn right (south).
- At 7.8 miles, turn left onto Sand Canyon Road. Follow Sand Canyon Road, making three left turns to stay on Sand Canyon.
- At 8.9 miles, Sand Canyon Road turns to good dirt Forest Road 2N27.
- At 9.7 miles, park at a turnout at a hairpin turn.
HIKING ROUTE 4
- From the parking area, pick up a faint trail leading south through a gap
in the fence.
- At 0.2 mile, come to a T-junction. Turn right, and go 15 yards to a
shallow draw that may be marked with a cairn.
- Turn left and hike up the draw. For a while, you may be able to avoid
brush in the draw by taking a very faint use path on the left side of the
draw.
- Continue up the draw to join Route 3 on the ridge at 8570', 1.0 miles
from the start.
- Turn left and follow a trail along the ridge toward Sugarloaf Mountain.
- A 9200', 2.2 miles, the trail reaches the final slope of Sugarloaf
Mountain and becomes too faint to follow.
- Hike up the slope to the top. Note your way for the return as the return
to the saddle is not obvious.
NOTES
You can combine Routes 2 and 4 into a 11-mile loop with 2600'
of elevation gain by walking back on 2N27 or 2N93. You can shorten
it to 8 miles by setting up a car or bicycle shuttle between the
trailheads.