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28G

Spitler Peak

7440'+

Location: Riverside County, about 6 miles southeast of Idyllwild, 114 miles from Los Angeles

Maps

Auto Club	Riverside County, Los Angeles and Vicinity
Forest Service	San Bernardino National Forest, San Jacinto Wilderness
USGS Topos	Palm View Peak 7½, Idyllwild 7½
Official HPS Maps	TPO file - Save to your computer then open with National Geographic TOPO!
	Viewable JPG file - Approximately 840K
	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)

Nearby Peaks: Apache Peak

ROUTE 1

(USFS Adventure Pass may be required)

Distance: 8 miles round trip on trail
Gain: 2300'
Time: 4-5 hours round trip
Rating: Class 1, moderate
Navigation: Easy

DRIVING ROUTE 1

Take I-10 or SR 60 east to SR 79 in Beaumont.
Take exit south to SR 79.
Go south on SR 79 to the Ramona Expressway. Turn left (east).
Go east and then southeast on the Ramona Expressway until it ends at SR 74. Turn left (east).
Go east 15 miles on SR 74 to Mountain Center (junction with Idyllwild Highway - SR 243).
Continue east on SR 74 for 7.0 miles to dirt Fobes Ranch Road (6S05) on the left (north) at a cattle guard. Turn left onto the dirt road. Note your odometer and go as follows:
At 0.4 mile, fork. Go left.
At 3.6 miles, fork. Park here.

HIKING ROUTE 1

From the parking area (5200'), hike north up the Fobes Trail. The trail bypasses Fobes Ranch and meets the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) at Fobes Saddle (5960+) in 1 1/2 miles. This trail is shown correctly on the San Jacinto Wilderness map and is shown as a faint dotted red line on 1988 and later versions of the USGS Palm View Peak topo map.
Turn left (north) on the PCT and follow it for a long mile to the trail's highest point northeast of the peak.
Take the use trail on your left (west) to the ridgeline and continue south to the summit.

Note: Continuing straight on the PCT from the junction with the Spitler Peak use trail mentioned immediately above goes to the Apache-Spitler Saddle and then Apache Peak. Combining the peaks will add 3 miles and 1000' of gain to the round trip statistics.