Printable Peak Guide

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Location: Riverside County, about 13 miles northeast of Indio, 130 miles from Los Angeles

Auto Club	Riverside County
Park Service	Joshua Tree National Park
USGS Topo	Rockhouse Canyon 7½
Official HPS Maps	TPO file - Save to your computer then open with National Geographic TOPO!
	Viewable JPG file - Approximately 1.3 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)

(National Park Service Entrance Fee)

Take I-10 east past Banning to the intersection with SR 62.
Go north on SR 62 to the Park Road in the town of Joshua Tree with a sign "Joshua Tree National Park". Turn right. Pay fee at entrance station.
Drive 16 miles on this road to the intersection with the Keys View Road. Keep left.
Continue 5.3 miles on the Loop Road to the Geology Tour Road on the right (south). This dirt road also goes to Squaw Tank. Note your odometer and go as follows:
At 5.6 miles, fork. Go left (one way road) and cross a dry lake.
At 7.9 miles, fork. Go left (south) on Berdoo Canyon Road.
At 11.4 miles, fork. Go straight.
At 12.5 miles, the road crosses a wash just before the end of a ridge on the right. This is the parking spot for Route 1.
Continue south 0.5 mile. Park where convenient.

From the parking area (4150'), hike west-northwest across a number of small gullies to a large sandy wash, shown as an intermittent stream on the topo.
Go northwest up this wash about 1 1/2 miles, ignoring all side gullies, to where it narrows down and divides into two washes, one heading north (with a dead tree in it), and the other heading west. There may ducks on each side of the wash at this point. The wash heading west heads for Little Berdoo. The wash heading north heads for Bernard.
Ascend the west fork to a saddle just north of Little Berdoo. Turn left (south) and go up to the summit.