Charlton Peak ( 10806¡¯ )

  San Bernardino County, about 13 miles north of Banning, 90 miles from Los Angeles

Date : July 14, 2019  08:33 ~ 17:53 ( 9h 30m )

Course :

South Fork Trailhead ( 08:33; 6850¡¯ ) ~ Horse Meadow ( 09:03; 1.13 Mile; 7430¡¯ ) ~ Cross the Road ( 09:06; 1.23 Mile ) ~ Poopout Hill ( 09:27; 1.97 Mile; 7822¡¯ ) ~ Dry Lake Trail Junction ( 10:20; 3.36 Miles; 8200¡¯ ) ~ Dollar Lake Trail Junction ( 11:41; 5.31 Miles; 9500¡¯ ) ~ Dollar Lake Saddle ( 12:24; 6.05 Miles; 9960¡¯ ) ~ Off Trail and Cross Country ( 13:20; 6.5 Miles; 10250¡¯ ) ~ Charlton Peak Summit ( 13:51; 7.0 Miles; 10806¡¯; 4100¡¯ Gain ) ~ On Trail ( 14:41; 7.54 Miles; 10250¡¯ ) ~ Dollar Lake Saddle ( 14:55; 7.99 Miles; 9960¡¯ ) ~ Dollar Lake Trail Junction ( 15:28; 8.73 Miles; 9500¡¯ ) ~ Dry Lake Trail Junction ( 16:13; 10.68 Miles; 8200¡¯ ) ~ Poopout Hill ( 17:06; 12.14 Miles; 7822¡¯ ) ~ Cross the Road ( 17:24; 12.88 Miles ) ~ Horse Meadow ( 17:28; 13.08 Miles; 7430¡¯ ) ~ Parking ( 17:53; 14.25 Miles; 6850¡¯ ); 4200¡¯ Gain

With : Sierra Club HPS 14 Members ( Leader : Peter & Ignacia Doggett, Jinoak Chung )

DRIVING ROUTE

• Take I-10 east past San Bernardino to the Orange Street exit (SR 38).
• Go one block east, then go north (left) 0.5 mile to Lugonia Avenue. Turn right on SR 38 (east).
• Continue east on SR 38 about 26 miles to Jenks Lake Road on the right. Turn right (south).
• Continue to the signed South Fork Trailhead parking lot on the left. Park here.

HIKING ROUTE

• From the parking area (6850'), hike the South Fork Trail (1E04) past the old Poopout Hill trailhead to South Fork at Slushy Meadows where the Dry Lake Trail forks left (8200').
• Keep right on the South Fork Trail and continue to the fork to Dollar Lake (9520').
• Keep right again and continue to Dollar Lake Saddle (9960'), at a junction with the San Bernardino Peak Trail (1W07).
• Turn left on 1W07 and follow it south about 1 mile to a point south-southeast of the summit of Charlton.
• Leave the trail here and head northeast up to the top of the ridge and then northwest up the ridge to the summit.

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