3 SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY RANGES GUIDE NO. 3.9

EAST ORD MOUNTAIN 6168 FEET CLASS 1

MILEAGE: 134 miles of paved road, 7.1 miles of excellent dirt, 2.1 miles of fair dirt road, 0.4 miles of 4WD

road

DRIVE/SOUTHERN APPROACH: From Interstate 15 S of Victorville, CA. drive approxim

ately 23 miles E

on State Highway 18 (or E on the Bear Valley Cutoff Road from Interstate

15 about 12 miles to the State

Highway 18 junction, then E on State Highway 18 about 11 miles) to Lucerne Valley, CA. From the stop sign

at the junction of Highways 18 and 247 in Lucerne Valley, drive E on State Highway 247 (Old Woman

Springs Road) 5 miles to the paved, signed Camp Rock Road. Turn left (N) and drive 4.0 miles to a fork.

Bear right and go 2.4 miles to where the pavement ends, continuing on an excellent dirt road for approximately 7

miles to a set of power lines Turn left on this fair dirt road ((BLM Road 6657), crossing under

power lines and a sandy wash for about one mile to road 6659. Turn right and follow this poor dirt road to another

fork. Go left to the ruins of a corrugated metal water tank

on your right. 2WD vehicles park here. 4WD's

can continue another 0.4 miles as follows: At a fork in 0.1 miles, bear left on the rocky, lower road for 0.15

miles to a second fork. Keep right and go 0.15 miles up a steep, rocky road to a wide spot where the road begins

curving to the left. Park. See Northern Approach for directions to the Grandview Mine for route B.

DRIVE/NORTHERN APPROACH: Leave Interstate 40 at the Daggett exit (6 to 7 m

iles E of Barstow) and

drive S about 100 feet to the paved, signed Pendelton Road. Turn left

(E) and go 1.1 miles to where the

paveme

nt ends, continuing now on the signed, excellent Camp Rock dirt road as it curves right (S) and heads

uphill, away from the Interstate. About 9 miles from the end of pavement, bear left at a fork and go 8.4 miles

to a 4-way junction. Turn right (S) and drive

approximately 5+ miles. There will be a sign for Johnson Valley

OHV area, and shortly after, pass under power lines and you will meet

up with a poor dirt road that heads W

(see map below). (NOTE: roads showing on the topo, including the one leading into the TH have been closed

at Camp Rock Road). BLM Road 6657 leads across a sandy wash and in about a mile will intersect with a

connecting road 6659, which will take you to the Standard

Route TH. Otherwise, continue to the end to the

Grandview Mine, and take route B.

CLIMB: From the 4WD parking spot, the peak lies at a bearing of 345° and is distinguished by the large

brown rock faces directly below the summit and the prominent saddle just to the left (W) of the top. Drop

down 20 feet into the wash just N of the parking spot, hiking W up the wash and bearing right at a major fork

in 0.25 miles. Following this right fork to the prominent saddle just W of the peak, turn right and scramble up

120 feet of second class rock to the summit. An alternate route is as follows: From the major fork 0.25 miles

from the cars, bear right and follow the wash for 200 yards. Leaving the wash here, hike NE to the saddle just

N of point 5038. Follow the ridge N then NW to the top.

ROUND TRIP STATS/4WD: 2000 feet elevation gain, 2 miles, 2.5 hours

ROUND TRIP STATS/2WD: 2200 feet elevation gain, 2.8 miles, 3 hours

Revised 2/27/18