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Location: San Bernardino County, about 12 miles southeast of Big Bear Lake, 98 miles from Los Angeles
Maps
| Auto Club | Los Angeles and Vicinity, San Bernardino Mountain Area |
| 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 JPG file - Approximately 395K |
| | 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: 5 miles round trip on road and cross-country
- Gain: 1100'
- Time: 2-3 hours round trip
- Rating: Class 1, easy
- Navigation: Moderate
Original: Bob Cates, April 1977
DRIVING ROUTE 1
- Take I-10 east past San Bernardino to the Orange Street exit (SR 38).
- Go one block east, then go north (left) 0.5 mile to Lugonia Avenue.
Turn right on SR 38 (east).
- Continue east on SR 38 about 33 miles to 1N02, the road to Heart
Bar Campground, on the right. Keep straight.
- Go another 1.6 miles farther east on SR 38 to an obscure,
paved road signed 1N38 that intersects the main highway at a right angle (mileage
marker 35.12 marks the exact spot). Turn right. Park on this road just
off the main highway or drive downhill (pavement ends within 50') to
a clearing and park about 100 yards from the highway turnoff.
This point may be reached from Big Bear City by driving about 13.5 miles
east and then south on SR 38.
High clearance 4WD may continue another gnarly 2.0 miles, reducing this
to a 1 mile round trip hike with very little elevation gain.
HIKING ROUTE 1
- From the parking area (7240'), go up the seldom driven jeep track
that starts at the parking area and runs southeast
along the base of the slope.
- Follow the dirt road past a gully, then up
switchbacks to the saddle northeast of elevation 8176'.
- Turn right (west) at
a junction with an old overgrown road at the saddle, follow the road
around elevation 8176' into a second shallow saddle, and then around a minor
summit to a third saddle. The road forks here.
- Take the left fork, which
quickly swings around to the right, and then leave the road at its
apparent highest point to climb south for a short, steep distance to the
summit, which is a rocky outcrop with a dead tree on it.
