Mill Creek Summit car park - remember to display your forest adventure pass or risk a ticket!
Gate at start of fire road (open to all vehicles from May to November)
1 mile: View North - road to Mount Gleason
1 mile: View North - Mount Gleason
1 mile: Road to Mount Gleason
1.5 miles: View North, including high desert
1.5 miles: The fire road to Mount Pacifico is usually in good condition, except a little loose/sandy in places and sometimes washed out after winter, but never too bad to ride
View to the North East
The fire road is a steady climb, and although exposed never too strenuous
3.1 miles: Turn off to Roundtop and Granite Mountain
Approaching turn off at 4.4 miles for final climb to campground
4.4 miles: Sign claims 1 mile to the campground - expect closer to 1.5
Just gone left and started climb to campground
4.4 miles: View to the South - Mount Wilson is the summit seen furthest away
4.4 miles: Just one example of the many unusual rock formations created as the ground has eroded away and left rocks in what appears to be a precarious state of balanc
4.74 miles: View of the valley to the South
This was a fairly clear day, affording views as far as Orange County
5.25 miles: Another view of Mount Wilson
5.4 miles: Viewing point just before the campground
5.52 miles: More unusual rock formations near the summit
Sign announcing you have arrived at the campground
Site Last Modified: Tuesday, March 10, 2009
