Printable Peak Guide

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Location: Riverside County, about 9 miles west of Palm Springs, 112 miles from Los Angeles

Auto Club	Riverside County
Forest Service	San Bernardino National Forest
USGS Topo	San Jacinto Peak 7½
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	Routes as shown on CalTopo using the above files (How to use CalTopo)

(USFS Adventure Pass may be required)

Take I-10 to Banning. Exit at 8th Street (SR 243 to Idyllwild). Turn right at end of off-ramp. Note odometer and go as follows:
At 0.2 mile, turn left.
At 0.7 mile, turn right on to San Gorgonio Avenue.
At 1.4 miles, keep left on SR 243.
Drive south on SR 243 for 19 miles to a junction with a paved road, Azalea Trail (NF-4S02).
Turn left and proceed 1.6 miles to a wide dirt parking area just before the Marion Mountain Campground entrance. Trailhead is signed "Marion Mtn Trail." Park here.

From the parking area (6300'), proceed east up the very steep Marion Mountain Trail to a junction with the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) in 2 miles.
Turn left. In 1/4 mile meet the junction with the trail to Deer Springs Camp.
Turn right. In about 1 mile meet a junction on the left with the Fuller Ridge Trail.
Go right, leaving the PCT. Proceed 1 1/2 miles to Little Round Valley (9600').
Continue through the campground and begin the switchbacks toward Mt San Jacinto. After a couple of switchbacks, at about 10,000' elevation, leave the trail and head north up the gully. Stay on the east side of the gully to avoid dense brush.
Continue up to the western saddle at the top of the gully.
Continue to the west end of the ridge, which is the summit.