Location: Los Angeles County, 9 Miles South of Pearblossom

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Pleasant View Ridge(7983') UTM 165055 13C

Location: Los Angeles County, 9 miles south of Pearblossom

49 miles from Los Angeles

Maps:Auto Club:Los Angeles and Vicinity

Forest Service:Angeles National Forest

Topo:Juniper Hills 7 1/2, Waterman Mtn 7 ½ and Valyermo 7 1/2

HPS Topo:13C Pleasant View Ridge (to be issued)

Nearby Peaks:Will Thrall Peak, Pallett Mountain and Mount Williamson

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Pleasant View Ridge(7983') UTM 165055 13C

***USE AT YOUR OWN RISK***

Pleasant View Ridge(7983') UTM 165055 13C

ROUTE 1

(USFS Parking Permit Required)

Distance:11 miles round trip on trail

Gain:3600 feet total, 2600 feet going plus 1000 feet on return

Time:6 hours round trip

Rating:Class 1, Strenuous

Navigation: Easy

Original:Bernie Petitjean, March 1969

DRIVING ROUTE 1

$From the intersection of I-210 and Angeles Crest Highway (SR 2), drive north on Angeles Crest Highway 9.5 miles to Angeles Forest Highway. Keep straight.

$Continue about 4.5 miles to the Junction with the Mount Wilson road at the Red Box Ranger Station. Keep Straight.

$Continue 20 miles to the entrance to Buckhorn Campground on the left. Turn left.

$Go right, and then left at the next two forks, then follow the signs "Burkhart Trail" to a large parking area.

$If the Campground entrance is locked, drive SR 2 another 0.8 mile to the campground exit. Park beside the entrance, and hike down the entrance road to the same parking area.

HIKING ROUTE 1

$From the parking area (6440'), hike north down the Burkhart Trail (10W02) about 2 miles where the Cooper Canyon Trail comes in from the west. Follow the combined trails upstream (east) 1/3 mile and cross the creek (5600') and proceed 100 feet to a trail junction with the Rattlesnake Trail (signed).

$Follow this trail upstream to the north and continue on to Burkhart Saddle.

$Hike west up a steep use trail to the summit of Will Thrall Peak.

$Continue northwest along the ridge to a saddle. Then follow the trail on the south slope of the ridge to a point where the trail is only 20 feet below the ridge; here climb up to the ridge and follow it to the summit.

$On the return to Burkhart Saddle, you will find a use trail, which skirts Will Thrall Peak on the south, starting at the saddle between the peaks (This use trail has deteriorated and maybe difficult to find and use).

ROUTE 2

(County Parking Fee)

Distance:12 miles round trip on trail

Gain:3100 feet

Time:6-7 hours round trip

Rating:Class 1; Strenuous

Original:Charlie Knapke, September 1996

DRIVING ROUTE 2

$Take the Antelope Valley Fwy. (SR 14) northeast toward Palmdale. Get off at the Angeles Forest Highway /Pearblossom Highway Exit.

$Go northeast, and then east, on Pearblossom Hwy. For 4.5 miles to where it meets SR 18.

$Turn right and drive to 131st Street (N6) in the town of Pearblossom.

$Go south on N6 for 2.0 miles to the Fort Tejon Road. Turn left.

$Go 0.5 mile to where N6 goes south again. Turn right on N6.

$Follow N6 for 4.0 miles farther to where N6 turns southeast. Turn left on N6.

$Continue to the entrance to the Devil's Punchbowl. Pay the entrance fee and park in the parking lot.

HIKING ROUTE 2

$From the Devil's Punch Bowl parking lot, hike west on the Burkhart Trail about 3/4 mile to a signed trail junction.

$Turn right on the Burkhart Trail and continue about 2 miles to another junction at a windmill.

$Turn left and follow the trail two miles to Burkhart Saddle. Continue as in Route 1.

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