Written on August 27, 2021
I recently visited Southern California in between COVID waves and wanted to get up into the San Gabriels before it got too hot. Regrettably, I never spent much time in the San Gabriels while I lived in Southern California other than climbing Mt San Antonio a few times. With just a half a day to...
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Written on May 25, 2021
I cover a lot of obscure mountains and hikes on this website. Often I hike a mountain because it lands on an equally unknown peakbagging list, such as the Bay Area Nifty Ninety Peaks. Peakbagging is a relentless though highly questionable pursuit of tagging summits in a systematic way. Though heavily ridiculed by “serious climbers”,...
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Written on May 16, 2021
Burra Burra Peak, Vasquez Peak and Rock Springs Peak form a difficult hike through the exquisite backcountry of Henry Coe State Park.
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Written on April 15, 2021
Black Point is a prominent summit in Mt Diablo State Park. Its a half day hike through a splendidly unspoiled part of the park.
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Written on November 14, 2020
After climbing Ibapah Peak, south of West Wendover, I turned my sites North to Pilot Peak, Nevada. This mountain looms over the Great Salt Desert and is impossible to miss if traveling westward from Salt Lake City. Its profile appears nearly conical from a distance and its topographic prominence is impressive at 5,726′. Pilot Peak...
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