Printable Peak Guide

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

Auto Club	Los Angeles and Vicinity, San Bernardino Mountain Area
Forest Service	San Bernardino National Forest, A Guide to the San Gorgonio Wilderness
USGS Topos	San Gorgonio Mountain 7½, Moonridge 7½
Official HPS Maps	TPO file - Save to your computer then open with National Geographic TOPO!
	Viewable JPG file - Approximately 1.4 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)

(USFS Adventure Pass may be required)

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.

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.