The Goal: To reach the highest point in each of California's 58 Counties

Today I had a thought: I will try to reach the top of each of California's 58 counties.

Some are easy, some are hard. Carpenter Hill in Sacramento county is just an 828 foot hill. Mt. Whitney, in Inyo County, is 13,677 ft. higher. Some are easy to get to, some appear to be quite difficult to reach. I have already been to the top of several, some more notable then others. But I would like to revisit even the ones I have already been to, so that I may document it for my own amusement, and perhaps, the amusement of others.

58 Peaks is actually not quite accurate I must admit. Mt Whitney is the highest point in two counties, as is Snow Mountain East. So really it's more like 56.

One thing that intrigues me about this is not only the challenge, but the variety that I will no doubt encounter. From Coastal ranges to the deserts and high peaks of the Sierra Nevada. The densely forested mountains of the north coast, the snowy Cascades, and the city of San Francisco.

Some seem a bit daunting, most notably North Palisade. Although I'm an aspiring mountaineer, my skills will have to be bettered before taking on it's technical sections.

This will take a fair amount of time for sure, but I think quite doable as long as I'm committed. I'm hoping to finish this before I turn 40, which gives me about 12 years.

List of peaks below sorted by elevation and with links to Wikipedia info:

County	Name	Height feet / m
Inyo	Mount Whitney	14505 14,505 / 4,421
Tulare	Mount Whitney	14505 14,505 / 4,421
Mono	White Mountain Peak	14246 14,246 / 4,342
Fresno	North Palisade	14242 14,242 / 4,341
Siskiyou	Mount Shasta	14162 14,162 / 4,317
Madera	Mount Ritter	13143 13,143 / 4,006
Tuolumne	Mount Lyell	13114 13,114 / 3,997
Mariposa	Parsons Peak Ridge	12040 12,040+ / 3,670+
San Bernardino	San Gorgonio Mountain (Old Grayback)	11499 11,499 / 3,505
Alpine	Sonora Peak	11459 11,459 / 3,493
El Dorado	Freel Peak	10881 10,881 / 3,317
Riverside	San Jacinto Peak	10804 10,804 / 3,293
Shasta	Lassen Peak	10457 10,457 / 3,187
Los Angeles	Mount San Antonio (Mt. Baldy)	10064 10,064 / 3,068
Modoc	Eagle Peak	09892 9,892 / 3,015
Amador	Thunder Mountain	09410 9,410 / 2,868
Tehama	Brokeoff Mountain	09235 9,235 / 2,815
Nevada	Mount Lola	09148 9,148 / 2,788
Trinity	Mount Eddy	09025 9,025 / 2,751
Placer	Granite Chief	09006 9,006 / 2,745
Sierra	Mount Lola North	08844 8,844 / 2,696
Ventura	Mount Pinos	08831 8,831 / 2,692
Kern	Sawmill Mountain	08818 8,818 / 2,688
Lassen	Hat Mountain	08737 8,737 / 2,663
Plumas	Mount Ingalls	08372 8,372 / 2,552
Calaveras	Corral Ridge	08170 8,170 / 2,490
Glenn	Black Butte	07448 7,448 / 2,270
Butte	Lost Lake Ridge	07120 7,120+ / 2,170+
Lake	Snow Mountain East	07056 7,056 / 2,151
Colusa	Snow Mountain East	07040 7,040+ / 2,146+
Humboldt	Salmon Mountain	06956 6,956 / 2,120
Mendocino	Anthony Peak	06954 6,954 / 2,120
Santa Barbara	Big Pine Mountain	06820 6,820 / 2,073+
San Diego	Hot Springs Mountain	06533 6,533 / 1,991
Del Norte	Bear Mountain	06400 6,400+ / 1,951+
Monterey	Junipero Serra Peak	05862 5,862 / 1,787
Orange	Santiago Peak (part of the Saddleback)	05687 5,687 / 1,733
San Benito	San Benito Mountain	05241 5,241 / 1,597
San Luis Obispo	Caliente Mountain	05106 5,106 / 1,556
Yuba	Sugar Pine Peak	04825 4,825+ / 1,471+
Imperial	Blue Angels Peak	04548 4,548 / 1,386
Sonoma	Cobb Mountain West Rim	04480 4,480+ / 1,366+
Santa Clara	Copernicus Peak	04360 4,360+ / 1,329+
Napa	Mt. St. Helena East	04200 4,200+ / 1,280+
Contra Costa	Mount Diablo	03849 3,849 / 1,173
Alameda	Discovery Peak	03840 3,840+ / 1,170+
Stanislaus	Mount Stakes	03804 3,804 / 1,159
Merced	Laveaga Peak	03801 3,801 / 1,159
San Joaquin	Mt. Boardman North	03626 3,626 / 1,105
Kings	Table Mountain	03473 3,473 / 1,059
Santa Cruz	Mount McPherson	03231 3,231 / 985
Yolo	Little Blue Peak	03120 3,120+ / 951
Solano	Mount Vaca	02819 2,819 / 859
San Mateo	Long Ridge	02600 2,600+ / 792+
Marin	Mount Tamalpais	02571 2,571 / 784
Sutter	South Butte	02120 2,120+ / 646+
San Francisco	Mount Davidson	00927 927 / 283
Sacramento	Carpenter Hill	00828 828 / 252