before drinking. Buck Creek primitive camp is on the Rancho primitive camp. Water is available most years; trail. Nearest supplies are at Gorman, approximately purify before drinking. Hiking Trails 16 miles from camp. Deal Trail - 24W04 and Deal Connector Trail ++ • Buck Creek Primitive Camp (4,250 ft./1296 m.) - 24W01 Mt. Pinos Ranger District Located about six miles from Hardluck camp- Both Deal and the Deal Connector trails start off Los Padres National Forest ground on the Buck Creek Trail or 5 miles from of state Highway 33. The Deal Connector is further Sewart Mt. This camp is a nice stop for visitors south on Highway 33 and cuts one mile off of the traveling in the rugged backcountry. Spectacular Deal trail. Deal travels westward up and over the views of the surrounding environment are awarded ridgeline which is also the Dick Smith Wilderness the hardy outdoor enthusiast. No fee. boundary, down through Deal Canyon and ends at the San Emigdio Mesa Spring Trail - 22W21 Rancho Nuevo Trail (locally known as Deal Junction). This trail intersects Tumamait-Mt. Pinos Trail 1 Deal is a strenuous trail and water is not available most mile from the Cerro Noroeste (MT. Abel) trailhead. years. The trail descends through Jeffery Pine, Pinion Pine Boulder Canyon Trail - 23W03 and chaparral down Mesa Canyon to the San Emigdio This trail is located behind the Ozena Fire Station Mesa. The Mesa Springs Camp is near the end of the just off of State Highway 33 near the junction of trail. Return trip is steep. Lockwood Valley road. The trail travels southward up • Mesa Spring Primitive Camp (6,000 ft./1,829 to the ridgeline of Pine Mountain with a short Spur m.) trail to McGuire Spring. This primitive camp is found under Pinon Pines. McGill Trail - 21W02 Water is available at a spring near the camp; purify This is a 3.5-mile trail on popular Mt. Pinos. before drinking. Nearest supplies are in Pine Termini are McGill Campground and a trailhead on Mt. Mountain Club approximately 10 miles from camp. Pinos Highway. No fee. Exploration Trail - 21W04 Ranch Nuevo Trail - 24W03 The Exploration Trail is a half-mile long accessible This trail begins at Rancho Nuevo primitive camp. trail in McGill Campground. The terminus of the trail The trail travels through the Dick Smith Wilderness offers a great view of Cuddy Valley. approximately two miles up through the magnificent rock landscape of Rancho Nuevo Canyon to the junction of Deal Trail (24W04) at Deal Canyon. The trail continues up canyon for four miles to Upper

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Persons with disabilities who require 4/2007 Piedra Blanca - Gene Marshall National drinking. Nearest supplies are at Lake of the • Lilly Meadows Primitive Camp (6,500 ft./1982 Recreation Trail - 22W03 Woods, approximately 20 miles from the trailhead. m.) is approximately four miles from the Boy Scout This trail starts at Reyes Creek Campground on No fee. Road gate. No fee. the Mt. Pinos Ranger District, and travels up Reyes • Sheep Primitive Camp (8,00 ft. /2,500m.) Creek drainage through the Sespe Wilderness and then • Fishbowls Primitive Camp: (5,200 ft./1,585 m.) Sheep Camp is located under a stand of Jeffrey southward towards Sespe Creek in the Ojai Ranger Located deep in the Sespe Wilderness, six miles Pines and can be reached from Mt. Pinos by taking District. There are two small primitive camps located from Grade Valley or five miles from the trailhead the Tumamait-Mt. Pinos Trail at the Condor along the trail on the Mt. Pinos District: on Thorn Meadows Road, this scenic camp derives Observation Point for three miles then the North • Upper Reyes Primitive Camp: (4,700 ft/ 1,433 its name from the bowl shaped pools approximately Fork trail for half a mile or seven miles from the m.) Located approximately three miles from Reyes 300 yards from the camp. Trees in the area include Boy Scout Road gate, or from Cero Noroeste (Mt. Creek Campground. Water is usually available from Incense Cedar and a few hardwoods. Water is Abel) by taking Tumamait -Mt. Pinos Trail for 3.5 the creek; purify before drinking. Nearest supplies available from the creek most years; purify before miles. Hikers should be in good condition before are at Camp Scheideck (adjacent to Reyes Creek drinking. Nearest supplies are at Lake of the taking this hike because of the high elevation and Campground). No Fee. Woods. No fee. steep pitches in the trail. There is a spring box at • Bear Trap Primitive Camp: (5,000 ft./1,524 m.) Thorn Point Trail - 21W07 the camp that has water most years; purify before Located approximately five miles from Reyes Creek The Thorn Point Trail is approximately three miles drinking. No fee. Campground. Water is available from the creek; long. It starts at Thorn Meadows Primitive Camp and Tumamait-Mt. Pinos Trail - 21W03 purify before drinking. Nearest supplies are at terminates at the Thorn Point Lookout. Elevation This 5-mile trail traverses the ridgeline between Camp Scheideck (adjacent to Reyes Creek Camp- ranges from 5,000 feet (1,524 m.) to 6,935 feet Mt. Pinos and Cero Noroeste (Mt. Abel). There is no ground). No fee. (2,114 m.). Thorn Meadows Camp has three stoves water along the trail. North Fork and San Emigdio Cedar Creek/ Fishbowls Loop - 22W10 to and can be used for an overnight starting point for a Mesa springs trails have intersections on this trail. 21W05 trail trip. Four-wheel drive is strongly advised for Little Mutau Trail - 20W10 There are two trailheads for this loop trail oppor- gaining access to this camp. Water is available from This trail travels through the Sespe Wilderness tunity in the Sespe Wilderness. The first is located the creek near the campground most years; purify with termini at the top of Alamo Mt. and the Johnston just off of Grade Valley Road (FS 7N03), approxi- before drinking. There is no water available on this Ridge/Mutau Trails trailhead in Grade Valley out of mately five miles south of Lockwood Valley Road and trail so stock up. The majority of the trail is a steep Lockwood. This trail is 10 miles long and has a great the second is one mile further along the Thorn Mead- uphill climb. For horse enthusiasts, Thorn Meadows deal of elevation gain and loss. Little Mutau primitive ows Road (FS7N03C). Cedar Creek and Fishbowls Camp offers a public horse corral a few hundred camp is about half way on the trail. primitive camps are along this trail route. yards down the road from the campground. • Cedar Creek Primitive Camp: (5,050 ft./1,540 • Little Mutau Primitive Camp (5,250 ft./1,600 North Fork Trail - 22W02 m.) Located approximately two miles west on trail m.) This trail is six miles in length and extends (22W10) from Thorn Meadows Road, or eight Located four miles east of Mutau Flat. This between the end of Boy Scout Road off of Lockwood miles from Grade Valley Road via Fishbowls Trail. primitive camp is situated in a cool canyon bottom Valley Road and the Tumamait-Mt. Pinos Trail on Cedar Creek has become one of the most popular with shade provided by alders, cottonwoods and Sawmill Mt. Park at the gate at Boy Scout Road and primitive camps in the Mt. Pinos Ranger District pinon pines. There is no water readily available. No walk approximately two miles to the Chumash wilder- because of its easy accessibility and pleasant fee. ness boundary. The trail climbs steadily to the surroundings. Deriving its name from the stately Tumamait-Mt. Pinos Trail through Jeffrey Pine forest. Buck Creek Trail - 18W01 California Incense Cedars growing in the area, There is no water on this trail. Lily Meadows and This trail has termini at Hardluck Campground Cedar Creek has numerous Jeffrey Pines, Sugar Sheep are primitive camps along this trail. and Sewart Mountain. The trail travels through steep Pine, Big Cone Douglas Fir and hardwoods that add canyons. There are dense stands of Big Cone, Dou- to the overall beauty of the site. Water is usually glas Fir and rugged peaks that await the visitor. Water available from the creek most years, purify before is available from the creek most of the year; purify