Location: Riverside County, about 4 miles northeast of Idyllwild, 112 miles from Los Angeles

Maps

Nearby Peaks: Tahquitz Peak (LO),Southwell Peak ("South" on USGS topo), Lily Rock

Distance: 10 miles round trip on trail and cross-country

Gain: 2400'

Time: 5-6 hours round trip

Rating: Class 1, moderate

Original: Paul A. Lipsohn, July 1974

DRIVING ROUTE 1

• Drive I-10 to Banning. Exit at 8th Street (SR 243). Note your odometer and go as follows:
• At 0.2 mile, turn left.
• At 0.7 mile, turn right on San Gorgonio Avenue.
• At 1.4 miles, keep left on SR 243.
• At 25.0 miles, Idyllwild Ranger Station (San Bernardino National Forest) on the left. Turn left on Pine Crest Avenue. Note your odometer and go as follows:
• At 0.6 mile, intersection. Make a half right on South Circle Drive.
• At 0.7 mile, Fern Valley Drive on the left with a sign "Humber Park". Turn left.
• At 1.2 miles, fork. Keep left.
• At 2.2 miles, trailhead on the left. This is the climber's trail for Suicide Rock. Keep straight.
• At. 2.6 miles, Humber Park. Park here.

HIKING ROUTE 1

• The Devils Slide Trail begins at the upper right corner of the parking lot.
• From this trailhead (6440'), hike up the trail 2 1/2 miles to Saddle Junction (8040'). At this point there are four trail choices. Take the second trail from the right with a sign "Tahquitz Valley".
• Go 0.6 mile to another junction with a sign "Tahquitz, Skunk Cabbage Meadow". Go right at this junction.
• Go another 0.6 mile to another junction signed "Tahquitz Peak, Tahquitz Meadow". This is the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) marked by a square post.
• Turn left and follow it along the north side of Red Tahquitz for about 3/4 mile to a shallow saddle with a rock outcrop about 100 yards to the left (east). There may be a duck on the right of the trail here.
• Turn right and follow a use trail south-southeast up the slope to the summit.