Distance

8.4 mi total

Elevation

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Vertical

2,165 ft gain

Time

3 hr 45 min total

While still dodging hunters in the San Gabriel Mountains (when does hunting season end?), I ascended Forest Road 3N31 on foot from Lone Pine Canyon Road. The road intersects Lytle Creek Road on a ridge line. At this same spot, the PCT intersects the roadways. I had not been on that short section of the PCT before, so I completed it as it rounds a high point before reconnecting with Lytle Creek Road. Hunters were cooking lunch at another point where the PCT once again crossed Lytle Creek Road and right below Gobblers Knob. The merry band of hunters offered me some of their fixings, which I graciously accepted. I didn't want to be rude, after all, but I probably was anyway, since I slipped away soon after receiving the food and continued toward the mountain top. From the road, a firebreak climbs to the summit at a steep angle. I took it slow before realizing that I had the mountain top to myself (unless I was being viewed through a rifle scope from somewhere in the forest). From the top there are great views toward the highest peaks in the San Gabriel range. I descended from the opposite slope to the west and climbed down to the PCT, where I turned right and returned to Lytle Creek Road. I again followed the road all the way back down to my parking area just off Lone Pine Road.

Route name

East Slope from FR 3N31

out-and-back
Obstacles

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Key gear

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