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** Use at Your Own Risk **
24G |
Jepson Peak |
11,205' |
Location: San Bernardino County, about 13 miles north of Banning, 90 miles from Los Angeles
Maps
| Auto Club | Los Angeles and Vicinity, San Bernardino Mountain Area |
| Forest Service | San Bernardino National Forest |
| USGS Topos | San Gorgonio Mountain 7½, Moonridge 7½ |
| Official HPS Maps | TPO file - Save to your computer then open with National Geographic TOPO! |
| Viewable PDF file - Approximately 10 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: Charlton Peak, Dobbs Peak, San Gorgonio Mountain
ROUTE 1
(USFS Adventure Pass may be required)- Distance: 15 miles round trip on trail and cross-country
- Gain: 5360'
- Time: 7-8 hours round trip
- Rating: Class 1, strenuous
Original: Warren E. von Pertz, September 1968
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).
- Go 8.0 miles to the Mill Creek Ranger Station.
- Continue east on SR 38 about 5 miles to the Valley of the Falls Road on the right. Turn right.
- Drive 4.25 miles to the Big Falls parking area at the end of the road. Park here.
HIKING ROUTE 1
- From the parking area (6080'), hike past the locked gate on the initially paved road east for 1/2 mile to where the trail descends into the wash.
- Cross the wash and pick up the trail again on the north side.
- Hike up the trail to where it intersects the San Bernardino Peak Trail (1W07) at 11,240'.
- Turn left and hike about 1/2 mile to a saddle just northwest of elevation 11,171'.
- Leave the trail on the right and follow the ridge northwest another 1/2 mile to the summit.
ROUTE 2
(USFS Adventure Pass may be required)- Distance: 17 miles round trip on trail and cross-country
- Gain: 4450'
- Time: 8-9 hours round trip
- Rating: Class 1, very strenuous
Original: Warren E. von Pertz, September 1968
DRIVING ROUTE 2
- 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 26 miles to Jenks Lake Road on the right. Turn right (south).
- Continue to the signed South Fork Trailhead parking lot on the left. Park here.
HIKING ROUTE 2
- From the parking area (6850'), hike the South Fork Trail (1E04) past the old Poopout Hill trailhead to South Fork at Slushy Meadows where the Dry Lake Trail forks left (8200').
- Keep right on the South Fork Trail and continue to the fork to Dollar Lake (9520').
- Keep right again and continue to Dollar Lake Saddle (9960'), at a junction with the San Bernardino Peak Trail (1W07).
- Turn left on 1W07 and follow it south about 2 miles to a point where it crosses a ridge at about 10,880'.
- Leave the trail on the left and follow the ridge northeast about 1/4 mile up to the summit.
SPECIAL CONDITIONS
There is water at High Meadow Spring Campground, 1 mile northwest of Dollar Lake Saddle, along trail 1W07. This is an excellent campsite for backpacking along this ridge.
Wilderness permits are required for all routes. They are issued at Mill Creek Ranger Station, 9 miles from Redlands on SR 38. Day use permits are self-issue on the day of the hike or by mail. Overnight permits must be acquired in person or by mail.
Mill Creek Ranger StationRoute 1, Box 264
Mentone, CA 92359
(714) 794-1123
HISTORICAL NOTE
The peak was named for Willis Lynn Jepson, University of California botanist, who made a study of plant life in the San Bernardino Mountains about 1914. He was known for his books "Trees of California" (1923) and "Manual of the Flowering Plants of California" (1921). He was a charter member of the Sierra Club and a lifelong hiker.
History of Summit Signature
Climbing Archives
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