Pyramid , Pine , Lion Peak ( Location : RiversideCounty , about 11 miles southeast of Idyllwild , 120 miles from LosAngeles ) Date : May 03 , 2017 10 : 12 ~ 17 : 41 ( 7 h 29 m ) Course : Cedar SpringsTrailhead ( 10 : 12 ; 5 , 430 ’ ) ~ PCT Junction 1 ( Desert Divide Ridge ; 11 : 17 ; 2 . 5 Miles ; 6 , 728 ’ ) ~ Pyramid Peak ( 12 : 05 ; 3 . 7 Miles ; 7 , 035 ’ ) ~ Pine MountainJunction ( 4 . 3 Miles ) ~ Pine Mountain Summit ( 13 : 24 ; 4 . 9 Miles ; 7 , 054 ’ ) ~ PCT Junction 2 ( 5 . 6 Miles ; 6 , 843 ’ ) ~ Lion Peak Junction ( 6 . 2 Miles ; 6 , 666 ’ )~ Lion Peak Summit ( 14 : 50 ; 6 . 4 Miles ; 6 , 868 ’ ) ~ PCT Junction 1 ( 16 : 26 ; 8 . 7 Miles ; 6 , 728 ’ ) ~ Cedar Springs Trailhead ( 17 : 41 ; 11 . 2 Miles ; 5 , 430 ’ ) : TotalGain 2 , 785 ’ With : Sierra Club HPSTeam ( Leader : Peter & Ignacia Doggett , Jinoak Chung ) 4 Members DRIVING ROUTE Go south on I - 215 to the Ramona Expressway . Turn left ( east ) . Go east and then southeast on the Ramona Expressway until it ends at SR 74 . Turn left ( east ) . Go east on SR 74 to Mountain Center . Continue east on SR 74 for 8 . 7 miles to Morris Ranch Road on the left at a fire station . Turn left . Go north on Morris Ranch Road for 3 . 7 miles to an iron gate on the right with a sign " Cedar Springs Trail ". Park off the pavement near this spot . HIKING ROUTE From your parking spot , hike down the road to the trailhead ( 5430 '). Go through the gate . ( There are several gates on this trail . Be sure to close each gate as you pass through it . ) Immediately on the left is another gate . Ignore it . It is another access to the trail for equestrian riders in the area . Continue up the road past a water tank to another gate . The trail turns left just before the gate . Soon you come to another gate . Go through this gate . Here you leave the fences behind as this is the National Forest boundary . Continue up the road as it becomes a trail and it begins to climb until you come to another gate . This is not a boundary but is part of a cattle drift fence . This keeps range cattle out of selected sections of the National Forest . Continue up to a saddle at 6800 '-. This is the junction of the Cedar Springs Trail and the Pacific Crest Trail ( PCT ) on the Desert Divide . Turn right on the PCT and follow it east and then south until you reach a saddle just southeast of Pyramid Peak . This is the turnoff for Pine Mountain # 2 and Lion Peak . From here hike up the ridge northwest to the summit following a use trail which stays mostly to the left side to avoid brush . PhloxPyramid PeakCone PeakPCT JunctionPyramid PeakPyramid PeakPyramid PeakLion Peak ( Left ) & Pyramid Peak ( Right ) Pyramid Peak Summit ( 7 , 035 ' ) Thomas Mountain & Lake HemetDesert Divide Ridge & Mt . San Jacinto ( 10 , 834 ' ) Lake HemetDesert Divide Ridge & Mt . San Jacinto ( 10 , 834 ' ); We can see the Cedar Springs zigzagged TrailPine Mountain # 2 ( Front Left ; 7 , 054 ' ) & Toro Peak ( Rear Center ) Pine Mountain # 2 ( 7 , 054 ' ) Pine Mountain # 2 ( 7 , 054 ' ) Pine Mountain # 2 Summit ( 7 , 054 ' ) Pyramid PeakLion Peak ( From Left ) Asbestos , Sheep , Martinez , Rabbit , Toro , Santa RosaPine PeakPine PeakPine Mountain # 2 Pyramid PeakPhlox ( From Left ) Asbestos , Sheep , Martinez , Rabbit , Toro , Santa Rosa . Lion ' Dorian ', 29 years old PCT hiker from France Apricot MallowLupine ***