Shields Peak ( 10720¡¯ )

( Location: San Bernardino County, about 11 miles northeast of Yucaipa,

89 miles from Los Angeles )

Date : June 17, 2018 06:59 ~ 20:06 ( 13h 07m )

Course : Forsee Creek Trailhead ( 06:59; 6720¡¯ ) ~ Johns Meadow Junction ( 07:19; 0.46 Mile; 6996¡¯ ) ~ Water Stash ( 09:23; 2.5 Miles; 8170¡¯ ) ~ Cienaga ( 09:54; 3.2 Miles; 8600¡¯ ) ~ Sugarloaf Mountain View ( 10:40; 3.9 Miles; 9020¡¯ ) ~ Jackstraw Springs Junction ( 10:58; 4.3 Miles; 9250¡¯ ) ~ Big Bear Lake View ( 12:27; 5.8 Miles; 10147¡¯ ) ~ Trail Fork Springs ( 13:10; 6.2 Miles; 10400¡¯ ) ~ Shields/Anderson Junction ( 13:26; 6.6 Miles; 10614¡¯ ) ~ Shields Peak Bottom ( 13:50; 7.1 Miles; 10530¡¯ ) ~ Summit ( 14:06; 7.2 Miles; 10720¡¯ ) ~ Trail Fork Springs ( 16:13; 8.3 Miles; 10400¡¯ ) ~ Trailhead ( 20:06; 14.4 Miles; Total 4100¡¯ Gain )

With : Hiking Friends

DRIVING ROUTE 1

• 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 paved Jenks Lake Road on the right. Turn right (south).
• Drive 0.3 mile to a fork at a sign "Forsee Creek Trail". Turn right (southwest).
• Keep left at an immediate fork. Drive 0.5 mile farther to a parking lot at a sign "Forsee Creek Trail". Park here. ( 91.2 Miles from LA Koreatown )

HIKING ROUTE 1

• From the parking area (6720'), hike up the Forsee Creek Trail (1E06). At about 1/4 mile you will pass a Wilderness Area sign. About 200 yards farther the trail forks. The signed "Johns Meadow" trail goes to the right.
• Go left (signed "Jackstraw Springs"). Proceed about 5 1/2 miles (passing by a turnoff to Jackstraw Springs at 9250' to Trail Fork Springs at 10,400'.
• Turn left at a trail junction just past Trail Fork Springs and follow the trail southeast to where it meets the San Bernardino Peak Trail.
• Continue east to where the trail begins to descend the left side of the ridge.
• Leave the trail on the right and follow the very rocky ridge east a short distance to the summit. Any path through the talus slope can be taken to reach the summit.

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