Purpose
To bring together all the summitpost pages for California's fifty most prominent summits. The fifty peaks on the list have a minimum prominence of 2,900ft rise from its next higher neighbor. These peaks have unique geological and botanical makeups due to their isolation from surrounding lower peaks. California has one of the most diverse geologic makeups of any state, and it is deserving of a list that tries to represent all these various regions.The List
1. Mt. Whitney Tulare/Inyo 14,495 P10,075
2. Mt. Shasta Siskiyou 14,162 P9,762
3. San Jacinto Peak Riverside 10,839 P8,319
4. San Gorgonio Mtn. San Bernardino 11,502 P8,282
5. White Mtn. Peak Mono 14,246 P7,196
6. Mt. San Antonio Los Angeles 10,064 P6,224
7. Telescope Peak Inyo 11,048 P6,168
8. Lassen Peak Shasta 10,457 P5,229
9. Mt. Eddy Trinity/Siskiyou 9,025 P5,105
10. Mt. Linn (S. Yolla Bolly Mtn.) Tehama 8,094 P4,814
11. Mount Piņos Ventura 8,831 P4,800
12. Junipero Serra Peak Monterey 5,862 P4,462
13. Santiago Peak Orange 5,687 P4,447
14. Eagle Peak Modoc 9,892 P4,352
15. Clark Mtn. San Bernardino 7,929 P4,255
16. Mt. Patterson Mono 11,673 P4,153
17. Toro Peak Riverside 8,716 P3,996
18. Tin Mtn. Inyo 8,953 P3,993
19. Mt. Ritter Madera 13,143 P3,968
20. Waucoba Mtn. Inyo 11,123 P3,923
21. Thompson Peak Trinity 8,994 P3,914
22. Double Mtn. Kern 7,981 P3,837
23. Kingston Peak San Bernardino 7,336 P3727
24. Pyramid Peak Inyo 6,703 P3,703
25. Maturango Peak Inyo 8,839 P3,639
26. Dry Mtn. Inyo 8,674 P3,594
27. HP Nopah Range (BM Nopah) Inyo 6,386 P3,565
28. nr. Piute Peak Kern 8,440 P3,487
29. San Benito Mtn. San Benito 5,241 P3,481
30. Loma Prieta Santa Clara 3,786 P3,426
31. HP New York Mtns. San Bernardino 7,532 P3,333
32. HP Granite Mtns. (BM Granite) Riverside 4,331 P3,314
33. Funeral Peak Inyo 6,384 P3,304
34. HP Avawatz Mtns. San Bernardino 6,154 P3,294
35 Breckenridge Mtn. (2 pts.) Kern 7,560 P3,283
36. Ord Mtn. San Bernardino 6,309 P3,253
37. Hines Peak Ventura 6,716 P3,208
38. Cobb Mtn. Lake 4,720 P3,199
39. nr. Glass Mtn. Mono 11,140 P3,160
39. Goosenest Siskiyou 8,280 P3,160
41. Freel Peak El Dorado/Alpine 10,881 P3,146
42. Mt. Diablo Contra Costa 3,849 P3,109
43. Bully Choop Mtn. Shasta/Trinity 6,974 P3,103
44. Copernicus Peak Santa Clara 4,372 P3,092
45. Olancha Peak Tulare/Inyo 12,123 P3,083
46. Keynot Peak or Mt. Inyo Inyo 11,107 P3,036
47. Butt Mtn. Tehama 7,870 P2,978
48. King Peak Humboldt 4,091 P2,931
49. Crater Peak Shasta 8,683 P2,923
50. Cone Peak Monterey 5,155 P2,915
Peaks missing summitpost pages
1. Double Mountain 7981ft. Kern County, rank 22
2. Piute Peak 8440ft. Kern County, rank 28
3. Granite Mountains 4331ft. Riverside County, rank 32
4. Bully Choop Mountain 6974ft. Shasta County, rank 43 Thank You
I would just like to thank everyone who has allowed me to pirate their pages for this list. External Links
For information on 'Prominence Peak Lists' and other related things go to:
peaklist.org
or to be more specific go to the California Mountain Atlas homepage.
List finishersGordon MacLeod and Barbara Lilley, John Vitz, Gail Hanna, Richard Carey, Edward Earl, Ken Jones Images
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