Cucamonga Peak
Icehouse Canyon, Cucamonga Wilderness · near Mt. Baldy Village · Los Angeles / SoCal
Hiking
At a glance
- Difficulty
- strenuous
- Route type
- out-and-back
- Distance
- 12 miles
- Elevation gain
- 4,100 ft
- Time needed
- day
- Best season
- Late spring–fall · Snow and ice in winter
Permits and booking
- Permit required
- Yes
- How the permit works
- Free self-issue Cucamonga Wilderness permit at the trailhead box (or online), plus a National Forest Adventure Pass to park at Icehouse Canyon. The lot fills very early on weekends.
- How hard the permit is to get
- 1 of 5
What is here
- Features
- 8,859-ft summit · Cucamonga Wilderness · Icehouse Saddle junction hub · Dramatic south-face cliffs
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- No
Hiking detail
- Intl tip
- Fill out the free wilderness permit at the trailhead box before you start. The exposed summit spur is genuinely airy — turn back if it's snowy or icy, when this becomes mountaineering terrain.
The guide
A big, wild summit day up the beautiful Icehouse Canyon into the Cucamonga Wilderness, topping out on an airy 8,859-foot peak w…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Cucamonga Peak — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 34.2497, -117.6353