Sugarloaf Mountain(9952')22D

Location: San BernardinoCounty, about 7 miles southeast of BigBearLake

104 miles from Los Angeles

Maps:Auto Club:Los Angeles and Vicinity

Forest Service:San BernardinoNational Forest

Topo:Moonridge 7½

HPS Topo:22 D Sugarloaf

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Sugarloaf Mountain(9952')22D

ROUTE 1

(USFS Parking Permit Required)

Distance:6 miles r.t.

Gain:1400'

Time:4 hours r.t.

Rating:Class 1; Moderate

Navigation:Moderate

Leader Rating: "I" (normal conditions)

Route:Cross-country and trail

Original:Warren E. von Pertz - Sep 1968

Vehicle:High Clearance

DRIVING ROUTE 1

  1. Take I-10 east past San Bernardino to the Orange Street exit (Hwy. 38).
  2. Go north (left) ½ mile to Lugonia Avenue. Turn right on Hwy. 38 (east).
  3. Continue east on Hwy. 38 about 33 miles to 1N02, the road to Heart Bar Campground, on the right. Keep Straight.
  4. Go another 2.2 miles on Hwy. 38 to a dirt road, 2N93, on the left (north). Turn left.
  5. Follow 2N93 for 6.0 miles to Wildhorse Meadows at a saddle where there is a gated dirt road on the left (west). Park just before this fork.

HIKING ROUTE 1

From the parking area (8700'), find the remains of a dirt road which starts south of the gated dirt road. Hike west up this faint road and continue west along the ridge over a broad plateau and down into a saddle with a sign "Sugarloaf Mountain" at a trail junction (elev. 8972'). Continue on the road, which becomes a trail (2E02A). Follow the trail west along the ridge, down into a saddle (9600'+), and up to the summit where you will find a sign on a pile of rocks.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS

Dirt road 2N93 is seasonal.

ROUTE 2

(USFS Parking Permit Required)

Distance:8 miles r.t

Gain:2200'

Time:5-6 hours r.t.

Rating:Class 1; Moderate

Navigation:Easy

Leader Rating: "O" (normal conditions)

Route:Trail

Vehicle:High Clearance

Original:Charlie Knapke - Sep 1996

DRIVING ROUTE 2

  1. Take I-10 east past San Bernardino to the Orange Street exit (Hwy. 38).
  2. Go north (left) ½ mile to Lugonia Avenue. Turn right on Hwy. 38 (east).
  3. Continue east on Hwy. 38 about 33 miles to 1N02, the road to Heart Bar Campground, on the right. Keep Straight.
  4. Go another 12.2 miles on Hwy. 38 to Hatchery Drive. Turn left. Note your odometer and go as follows:
  5. At .55 mile, a fork to the right. Keep Straight.
  6. At 1.3 miles, Sugarloaf Trail on the right. Park here.

HIKING ROUTE 2

From the parking area (7560'+), hike up the Sugarloaf Trail to a trail junction on the ridge (elev. 8972'). Turn right and follow the trail (2E02A) west along the ridge, down into a saddle (9600'+), and up to the summit where you will find a sign on a pile of rocks.

ROUTE 3

(USFS Parking Permit Required)

Distance:8 miles r.t.

Gain:2500'

Time:5-6 hours r.t.

Rating:Class 1; Moderate

Navigation:Moderate

Leader Rating: "I" (normal conditions)

Route:Cross-country and trail

Original:Byron Prinzmetal – May 2002

DRIVING ROUTE 3

  1. Drive east on I-10 to I-215.
  2. Go north on I-215 to Hwy. 30.
  3. Go east on Hwy. 30 to Hwy. 330.
  4. Go north on Hwy. 330 to Running Springs. Turn right on Hwy. 18.
  5. Continue on Hwy 18 to the junction of Hwy 18 and 38. Reset your odemeter here.
  6. Continue 6.0 miles on Hwy 18 to Moonridge Rd.. Turn right (south).
  7. At 6.8 miles turn right (south) on Club View.
  8. At 8.1 miles Club View becomes 2N10 (past the ski area). Continue on 2N10.
  9. At 8.8 miles continue straight at the junction of 2N10E (which crosses 2N10from both your right and left).
  10. At 9.3 miles turn left (east) on 2N06.
  11. At 10.0 go straight on 2N21
  12. At 10.4 park at the clearing before the gate.

HIKING ROUTE 3

  1. From the parking area hike east along the road past the ski area over several bumps until the saddle at the base of Sugarloaf (about 3 miles). The road becomes a trail past the last ski left on the bump named Sugarlump. The road and trail generally follow a long ridge that goes generally east toward the mountain from the parking area.
  2. Hike up the slope to the top. Note your way for the return as the return to the saddle is not obvious.

Special Note Route 3

Hiking route 3 cross the Bear Mtn Ski Area. Permission to hike across the ski area is required. Alternative routes are possible that by-pass the ski area, but they have not yet been explored and documented.

PEAK NAME ORIGINS

By Mr. Louis Quirarte

Name is derived from the appearance of this summit. John Robinson, notes that it resembles "a prolate hemispheroid, hence the name". Originally a descriptive term for the distinctive 1oaf-like" shape of sugar as it was sold in general stores before the era of modem packaging. It eventually became widespread as a generic orthographic term for features whose appearance recalls this shape-when so used it becomes a single word. Name First appears on USGS Angeles National Forest Atlas (1908). Peak was on the original 1946 HPS Peak List.

Please report all errors to the Mountain Records Chair

Change Log:

05-30-2002-BP added a new route three, changed the formatting to our new standard, added the change log, and peak naming information

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