Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Map I made of the High Points


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Monday, December 15, 2008

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