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The Tejon Pass / t eɪ ˈ h oʊ n, t ə ˈ h oʊ n, ˈ t eɪ. h oʊ n /, previously known as Portezuelo de Cortes, Portezuela de Castac, and Fort Tejon Pass is a mountain pass between the southwest end of the Tehachapi Mountains and northeastern San Emigdio Mountains, linking Southern California north to the Central Valley.
The pass is located in Kern County, California, 15 miles (24 km) to the northeast of the current Tejon Pass.It runs at the top of a divide between a point about 5 miles (8.0 km) east of the Rancho Tejon boundary in Tejon Creek Canyon, and Cottonwood Creek Canyon north of the Antelope Valley.
The Mountain Communities of the Tejon Pass, or the Frazier Mountain Communities, in the San Emigdio Mountains is a region of California that includes Lebec, Frazier Park, Lake of the Woods, Pinon Pines, and Pine Mountain Club, in Kern County, Gorman in Los Angeles County and Lockwood Valley within Kern and Ventura counties. [1]
Fort Tejon in California is a former United States Army outpost which was intermittently active from June 24, 1854, until September 11, 1864. It is located in the Grapevine Canyon ( La Cañada de las Uvas ) between the San Emigdio Mountains and Tehachapi Mountains .
The stretch of I-5 through the Grapevine and the Tejon Pass is sometimes closed by the California Highway Patrol, [6] generally because of the icy conditions combined with the steep grade of the pass, and the high volume of traffic during the winter holidays.
North of Los Angeles, snowy conditions late Sunday shut down the mountainous Tejon Pass section of Interstate 5, a key north-south artery for the state. It reopened Monday afternoon. The highway rises to more than 4,100 feet (1,250 meters) between LA and the San Joaquin Valley, making it susceptible to storm closures.
Snow levels will dip with the storm to between 3,500 and 4,000 feet, so there will be wet snow and perhaps slippery conditions over the crest of Tejon Pass, especially from Saturday night to Sunday.
Now Fort Tejon State Historic Park in the Tejon Pass area. 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake – moment magnitude of 7.9, average slip along the fault was 4.5 meters (15 ft) Monolith Cement Works: supplied concrete for the construction of Hoover Dam and other major public works; east of Tehachapi Pass. Old Tejon Pass – Another ancient native trail ...