Cajon Pass Slope Site Information

   Updated  09/29/01

 

Cajon Pass Flying Site, San Bernardino, CA USA  (With GPS Coordinates)

Cajon Pass - Spring 2000 PSS Festival

Beautiful view of Cajon Pass Mountain at 2000 PSS Festival. This is a West wind canyon slope - Awesome place to fly, and host of the first annual PSS slope rally. Small landing zone.

Directions from Los Angeles area:   Click here for a Map
Take the I-15 N to the top of Cajon pass, to Oak Hill road off ramp.
Turn left to go over the freeway to the other side.
Turn right on Caliente for about 1/4 Mile. Just after the big billboard with the hot chicks
on it turn left on Oak Hill go to the bottom of the hill. Turn left on Jenny and go till it ends.
Turn left on Braceo for about 1 block. Turn right on White Haven till it ends.
Turn Right on Landover until it ends. Turn right on Farmington for about 1/2 block.
Turn Left on Rainbow (dirt road) after about 100 yards the road splits. Take the left split.
Just past the power poles you will hit a main dirt road. (34.22.46N,117.27.02W)
This is where the East West power lines intersect with the North South power lines.
Turn Left and continue down this road for 3 miles to the slope.  The road runs in between the
power poles that run North-South for about 2 miles. There the road will fork, (34.21.38N,117.28.19W)
stay right on 3N24 to 3N21 and continue for another mile along the ridge of the summit.
On  the way you should see a small brick hut beside the road. (34.21.39N,117.29.07W) 
After that you have less than a mile to the flying site. (34.21.38N,117.29.06W)

 

Alternate Route from HWY 395. Go West on Phelan Rd. for about 2 1/2 miles. Turn Left on Baldy Mesa Rd. for about 4 miles to the end of the road. Go around dead end sign and follow the dirt road south that has the power lines on each side. There the road will fork, stay right on 3N24 to 3N21 and continue for another couple of miles along the ridge of the summit, to the flying site.

Current Wind / Weather and Maps

 

CAJON PASS WIND METER : Automated wind station in the pass. Take wind speed, multiply by 4 and that’s the speed at the summit. Direction should be around 190 degrees
http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/queryF?DEV

MAP TO REGION: Click here.

WEATHER FORECAST : Weather forecast for SoCal Inland Empire
http://www.nwsla.noaa.gov/zones/LAXZFPSGX