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Tecuya Mountain (7155') 04E

Location: Kern County, about 2 miles northwest of Frazier Park 70 miles from Los Angeles

Maps: Auto Club: Kern County Forest Service: Los Padres National Forest Topo: Frazier Mountain 7 1/2 HPS Topo: 04E Tecuya Mountain (to be issued)

ROUTE 1 2. Turn right on this road and follow it to where (USFS Adventure Pass Required) it passes just north of the summit. Turn right (south) and continue up to the summit. A Distance: 6 miles round trip on road and trail Gain: 2100 feet wooden post marks the summit. A Time: 3 1/2 to 4 hours round trip benchmark is in the center of a flat area. The Rating: Class 1, Moderate register should be in some rocks just west of Navigation: Easy the summit. Leader Rating: “I” Original: Dick Akawie ALTERNATE ROUTE 1

DRIVING ROUTE 1 Alternately, at the saddle mentioned above (just north of elev. 6157'), turn right; leave the trail, 1. Drive north on I-5 to the Frazier Park exit. and hike north up the ridge, cross-country, along Turn left (west). an obvious use trail, to the summit. The ridge is 2. Drive 4.9 miles from the intersection initially moderate then steep. This route is about immediately west of the I-5 interchange to 5 miles round trip. Mt. Pinos Way (its western junction with Frazier Mtn. Road). Turn sharp right. 3. Drive about 0.3 mile to West End Drive on the left (north) just past the fire station. Turn left. Low clearance vehicles should park at the end of the pavement at elevation 5050'. 4. High clearance vehicles may continue 0.8 mile on the dirt road, keeping left at forks. Park at a turnaround.

HIKING ROUTE 1

1. From the pavement end parking area (5050'), hike north on the dirt road keeping left at forks. The road soon becomes a trail. Where it crosses a saddle continue on the trail as it drops down into Cold Springs Canyon. It follows the canyon up to where it meets a road along the top of the ridge just west of elev. 6925'.

Tecuya Mountain (7155') 04E

ROUTE 2 1. From the parking area, elevation (USFS Adventure Pass Required) approximately 6855', continue easton the Distance: 1 1/2 miles round trip on road road for approximately 3/4 mile, going over Gain: 300 feet Time: 3/4 hour round trip an intermediate bump, through a saddle, and Rating: Class 1, easy up the peak. Navigation: Easy 2. Just before the road starts steeply Leader Rating: "O" downwards, turn right at a junction and Original: Walt Wheelock, 1973 hike a short distance to the summit. A benchmark is in the center of a flat area. DRIVING ROUTE 2 The register should be in some rocks just west of the summit. 1. Drive north on I-5 to the Frazier Park exit. Turn left (west). 2. Go west on Frazier Park Mountain Road for Please report any corrections or changes to the 7 miles to the signed junction with Mountain Records Chair. Lockwood Valley Road. This is the turnoff point for Frazier Mountain, Lockwood Peak, Change Log: Thorn Point, San Guillermo Mountain, and 11-27-2002 BP added route two from an archive San Rafael Peak. provided by Karen Isaacson Leverich 3. In about 0.6 mile, turn tightly right on signed Scott Russell Road, FR 9N21. 4. Note your odometer and go as follows: 5. At 2.4 miles, a metal gate. Go straight. 6. At 2.7 mile, fork. Go right. There may be a post with "trail" on it, and an arrow to the right. 7. At 3.3 mile, a junction followed immediately by another junction. Stay straight through the first junction, go left at the second. There may be a post at the second junction with "trail" on it, and an arrow to the left. 8. At 3.7 mile, a fork. Go right. Ordinary vehicles may prefer to park here, as the road deteriorates from this point on. 9. At 3.9 mile, a motorcycle trail, FR 116, comes in from the right. This is the trail mentioned in Route 1 that meets a road just west of elevation 6925'. Continue straight on the road. 10. At 4.2 mile, the road goes steeply up. Park here. Note: if you have a capable 4WD and know how to use it,. you can drive all the way to the peak. HIKING ROUTE 2