Location: San Bernardino County, About 5 Miles Northeast of Yucaipa

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Allen Peak (5795') 25A

Location: San Bernardino County, about 5 miles northeast of Yucaipa

76 miles from Los Angeles

Maps: Auto Club: Los Angeles and Vicinity, San Bernardino Mountain Area

Forest Service: San Bernardino National Forest

Topo: Forest Falls 7 ½ and Yucaipa 7 1/2

HPS Topo: 25A Allen Peak (to be issued)

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Allen Peak (5795') 25A

ROUTE 1

(USFS Adventure Pass Required)

Distance: 2.5 miles on road and cross country

Gain: 2200 feet

Time: 4-5 hours round trip

Rating: Class 2, Moderately strenuous

Navigation: Moderate

Original: David Eisenberg, May 1990

DRIVING ROUTE 1

$ Take I-10 east past San Bernardino to the Orange Street exit (SR 38).

$ Go north (left) 0.5 miles to Lugonia Avenue. Turn right on SR 38 (east).

$ Go about 8 miles to the Mill Creek Ranger Station. Continue on SR 38 another 3.0 miles to Kilkare Road. Turn right.

$ Go 0.4 miles to the locked gate to Mill Creek campground (abandoned). Park here.

HIKING ROUTE 1

$ Hike south past the gate and go across the creek to a pumping station.

$ Turn left and follow a poor road and then the streambed for 1/2 mile to where a second road fords the creek and goes east into a group of willow trees. Here, look for a concrete slab jutting from south creek bank and a gully coming to the creek bed at the hillside on your right (south). A track leads up to a ledge along some pipes. Scramble up to the ledge.

$ Go west on a trail about 100 feet passing the concrete slab. Here the trail enters a relatively open steep gully that goes south.

$ Ascend this gully. Take the right branch at major forks. Continue up to a firebreak at 4640'. (Mark your position carefully when exiting the gully, so you find it on the way back.) Go up the firebreak to the aqueduct trail.

$ Go right (southwest) on this trail to where it intersects a road on the ridge.

$ Turn left on this road and follow it east to near its high point at the base of Allen Peak.

$ Turn right (south) and go up a use trail to the summit.

ROUTE 2

(USFS Adventure Pass Required)

Distance: 7.5 miles round trip on road and cross- country

Gain: 1300 feet

Time: 3-4 hours round trip

Rating: Class 2, Moderate

Navigation: Easy

Original:

DRIVING ROUTE 2

$ Take I-10 east past San Bernardino to the Orange Street exit (SR 38).

$ Go north (left) 0.5 miles to Lugonia Avenue. Turn right on SR 38 (east).

$ Go about 8 miles to the Mill Creek Ranger Station. Continue on SR 38 another 6.2 miles to Valley of the Falls Road junction (Forest Falls Road). Park Here.

HIKING ROUTE 2

$ From the parking area hike across Mill Creek to the south on FS 1S08.

$ Hike up FS 1S08 through privately owned land 2.6 miles to FS 1S09 (Yucaipa Ridge Truck Trail) at the Allen-Birch saddle.

$ Turn right (west) and hike along FS 1S09 about 1/4 mile to where the north trending ridge of Allen Peak crosses the road.

$ Turn left (south) and hike up the north ridge of Allen Peak to the summit.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS

This route crosses private property and permission must be obtained well advance of the day of the hike. Contact the HPS Outings Chair to make arrangements to obtain permission cross the private property.

Hiking along Yucaipa ridge from Birch Mountain to Allen Peak without permission is not recommended! This route crosses private property. For information on obtaining permission to cross this property, please contact the Hundred Peaks Section Outings Chair.

Please report any corrections or changes to the

Mountain Records Chair.