Printable Peak Guide

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Location: Riverside County, about 8 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
Official HPS Maps	TPO file - Save to your computer then open with National Geographic TOPO!
	Viewable PDF file - Approximately 6 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)

Take I-10 east past Banning to the junction with SR 111.
Take SR 111 southeast 8.5 miles to the Palm Springs Tramway Road. Turn right.
Go up this road 3.7 miles to its end at the tramway terminal. Park where indicated by the signs in this area.

Take the tram (fee required) to the upper station at 8560'.
Go downstairs and exit the building. Follow the concrete sidewalk as it descends to the valley below.
Continue straight ahead to a ranger station.
Continue about 1/4 mile to a trail junction with a sign "Round Valley - 2".
Keep right and continue to Round Valley Campground.
Keep left here at a junction and continue up to Wellman Divide (9700').
Keep left at this junction and follow the trail southwest (downhill) through some switchbacks about 1/2 mile to Wellman Cienega.
Leave the trail on the right and hike cross-country up to the saddle northeast of Marion Mountain.
Turn left (south) and go up to the summit block. This is on the west end of the ridge.
To climb the summit block, start at an upright dead tree on the northeast side. Go up a crack for about 10'. Turn right for another 10'. Turn left into another crack that leads to the summit.