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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 2

(USFS Adventure Pass may be required)

Distance: 11 miles round trip on trail
Gain: 2500'
Time: 5-6 hours round trip
Rating: Class 1, moderate
Navigation: Easy
Original: Ham Barhydt, May 1977

DRIVING ROUTE 2

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 15 miles east on SR 74 to Mountain Center (junction with Idyllwild Highway - SR 243).
Continue east on SR 74 for 3.5 miles to Apple Canyon Road (paved) on the left. Turn left.
Pass the entrance to the Hurkey Creek Campground on the left and continue 2.6 miles to a large parking area on the right. Park here. This is the parking area for the Spitler Peak Trail.

HIKING ROUTE 2

The Spitler Peak Trail, 3E22, begins at a square post at the north end of the parking area (4940').
Hike 5 miles up the trail to where it meets the PCT at the Apache-Spitler saddle (6980').
Turn right (south) and follow the trail as it starts around the northeast side of Spitler.
About 25 yards past a short switchback, leave the trail and go up the slope to the ridge on your right (west).
Then turn left (south) and follow the ridge up to the summit.

Note: Turn left (north) at the Apache-Spitler saddle to hike to Apache Peak. Combining the peaks will add 2 miles and 700' of gain to the round trip statistics.