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Location: San Bernardino County, about 14 miles north-northeast of Banning, 103 miles from Los Angeles

Maps

Nearby Peaks: Lake Peak, Grinnell Mountain

Distance: 11 1/2 miles round trip on trail and cross-country

Gain: 2600'

Time: 6-7 hours round trip

Rating: Class 1, moderate

Navigation: Moderate

Leader Rating: "I", normal conditions

Original: Paul A. Lipsohn, December 1973

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 on the right, 1 mile past the first entrance to Heart Bar Campground. Turn right. Note your odometer and go as follows:
• At 1.2 miles, fork. Go right on 1N05, signed "Fish Creek".
• At 2.8 miles, Aspen Grove Trail 2E05 goes west. Continue on the road. Note: The hike can be started here, adding about 3 miles round trip and 500' of gain, but saving 10 miles of dirt road driving.
• At 6.9 miles, fork. Go right.
• At 7.2 miles, fork. The Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) crosses the road here. Go right.
• At 7.6 miles, fork. Go right.
• At 7.7 miles, Fish Creek Trailhead (1W07). Park here.

HIKING ROUTE 1

• From the parking area (8120'), hike on trail 1W07 southwest 1/2 mile to a junction with the Aspen Grove Trail (8040').
• Keep left on 1W07 and continue about 4 miles to Fish Creek Saddle at 9805'.
• Hike south up to the top of the ridge at 10,080'.
• Turn left. (Turn right (west) to go to Lake Peak.)
• Hike east along the ridge to a saddle at 9800'-.
• Continue east up to the summit.

It is possible to descend from the saddle west of the peak down to the trail on the return. This route is a steep, loose class 2.

Distance: 15 miles round trip on trail and cross-country

Gain: 3800'

Time: 7-9 hours round trip

Rating: Class 1, strenuous

Navigation: Moderate

Leader Rating: "I", normal conditions

Original: Paul A. Lipsohn, December 1973

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 (6900'), 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').
• Turn left (southeast) and follow this trail 1 1/2 miles to Dry Lake where there is another trail fork.
• Turn left and go 1/2 mile to Lodgepole Spring.
• Continue 3/4 mile east cross-country up to Fish Creek Saddle at 9805'.
• Hike south up to the top of the ridge at 10,080'.
• Turn left. (Turn right (west) to go to Lake Peak.)
• Hike east along the ridge to a saddle at 9800'-.
• Continue east up to the summit.

Distance: 8 miles round trip cross-country

Gain: 3400' total, 2700' out plus 700' on return

Time: 7-9 hours round trip

Rating: Class 1, strenuous

Navigation: Very difficult

Route Finding: Very difficult

Leader Rating: "I", normal conditions

Original: Byron Prinzmetal, August 2002

DRIVING ROUTE 3

• 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 on the right, 1 mile past the first entrance to Heart Bar Campground. Turn right. Note your odometer and go as follows:
• At 1.2 miles, fork. Go right on 1N05, signed "Fish Creek".
• At 2.8 miles, Aspen Grove Trail 2E05 goes west. Continue on the road. Note: The hike can be started here, adding about 3 miles round trip and 500' of gain, but saving 10 miles of dirt road driving.
• At 6.9 miles, fork. Go right.
• At 7.2 miles, fork. The Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) crosses the road here. Go right.
• At 7.6 miles, fork. Go right.
• At 7.7 miles, Fish Creek Trailhead (1W07). Park here.

HIKING ROUTE 3

• From the parking area, hike south and then west to the saddle just south of bump 8490'.
• Hike up the steep ridge to bump 9580' and then turn southeast and hike down to the saddle at 9450'.
• From the saddle at 9450', hike up the ridge southwest to the original HPS 10K summit at 9930'.
• From the original summit, hike generally west and northwest along the ridge passing bumps 9880', 9971', and 10,060' to the current summit.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS

Wilderness permit is required for all routes and is limited to 12 hikers. Permits are issued at Mill Creek Ranger Station, 8 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.

HISTORICAL NOTES

In 1968 the HPS placed a register on Peak 9930 at the extreme east end of the ridge. The HPS moved the official summit to its current location on Peak 10,094' in 1974.

Excerpts from the original register book that was still present on the original summit on 8/24/2002, which makes it over 32 years old:

The name of this peak is commonly abbreviated to "10K Ridge".

History of Summit Signature

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