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California Wilderness High Points

Showing Jason Riggio's first ascent dates for climbed peaks (13 out of 152, or 8.55%)

Rank	Wilderness	Peak	Elev-Ft	Range (Level 4)	Ascents	Ascent Date
1.	Sequoia-Kings Canyon	Mount Whitney	14,498	Sequoia Sierra Nevada	3745	2015-09-13
1.	John Muir	Mount Whitney	14,498	Sequoia Sierra Nevada	3745	2015-09-13
3.	Mount Shasta	Mount Shasta	14,162	California Cascades	1580
4.	White Mountains	White Mountains Wilderness High Point	14,080	West Great Basin Ranges	78
5.	Ansel Adams	Mount Ritter	13,143	Yosemite-Ritter Sierra Nevada	318	2018-09-23
6.	Yosemite	Mount Lyell	13,114	Yosemite-Ritter Sierra Nevada	273
7.	Golden Trout	Cirque Peak	12,900	Sequoia Sierra Nevada	363
8.	Hoover	Mount Conness	12,590	Yosemite-Ritter Sierra Nevada	451	2022-07-04
9.	John Krebs	Florence Peak	12,432	Sequoia Sierra Nevada	160
10.	South Sierra	Olancha Peak	12,123	Southern Sierra Nevada	302
11.	Emigrant	Leavitt Peak	11,569	Lake Tahoe-Sonora Pass Sierra Nevada	329
12.	Owens River Headwaters	San Joaquin Mountain	11,549	Central Sierra Nevada	256
13.	San Gorgonio	San Gorgonio Mountain	11,499	Transverse Ranges	1944
14.	Carson-Iceberg	Sonora Peak	11,459	Lake Tahoe-Sonora Pass Sierra Nevada	383	2019-08-11 b
15.	Inyo Mountains	Waucoba Mountain	11,123	West Great Basin Ranges	181
16.	Monarch	Hogback Peak	11,080	Central Sierra Nevada	19
17.	Death Valley	Telescope Peak	11,048	West Great Basin Ranges	892
18.	San Jacinto State Wilderness	San Jacinto Peak	10,839	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	2686
19.	Dinkey Lakes	Three Sisters	10,612	Central Sierra Nevada	143
20.	Lassen Volcanic	Lassen Volcanic Wilderness High Point	10,400	California Cascades	105
21.	Mokelumne	Round Top	10,381	Lake Tahoe-Sonora Pass Sierra Nevada	447	2019-09-14
22.	Jennie Lakes	Mitchell Peak	10,365	Sequoia Sierra Nevada	56
23.	Kaiser	Kaiser Peak	10,310	Central Sierra Nevada	94
24.	Sheep Mountain	Mount San Antonio	10,064	Transverse Ranges	4731	2014-06-17
25.	Desolation	Pyramid Peak	9983	Lake Tahoe-Sonora Pass Sierra Nevada	483	2018-09-16
26.	South Warner	Eagle Peak	9892	Northwest Great Basin Ranges	157	2017-07-29
27.	Domeland	Domeland Wilderness High Point	9724	Southern Sierra Nevada	28
28.	San Jacinto	San Jacinto Wilderness High Point	9220	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	15
29.	Granite Chief	Granite Chief	9006	Lake Tahoe-Sonora Pass Sierra Nevada	373	2020-01-25
30.	Trinity Alps	Thompson Peak	9002	Klamath Mountains	67
31.	Cucamonga	Telegraph Peak	8985	Transverse Ranges	704
32.	Granite Mountain	Granite Mountain	8920	West Great Basin Ranges	56
33.	Piper Mountain	Juniper Benchmark - Northeast Slope	8840	West Great Basin Ranges	23
33.	Sacatar Trail	Sacatar Trail Wilderness High Point	8840	Southern Sierra Nevada	10
35.	Chumash	Sawmill Mountain	8818	Transverse Ranges	673
36.	Thousand Lakes	Crater Peak	8683	California Cascades	59
37.	Owens Peak	Owens Peak	8453	Southern Sierra Nevada	350
38.	Pleasant View Ridge	Mount Lewis	8396	Transverse Ranges	343
39.	Caribou	Red Cinder	8375	California Cascades	13
40.	Marble Mountain	Boulder Peak	8299	Klamath Mountains	39
41.	Russian	Russian Peak	8190	Klamath Mountains	31
42.	Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel	South Yolla Bolly Mountain	8094	Northern California Coast Range	115
43.	San Gabriel	Waterman Mountain	8038	Transverse Ranges	762
44.	Santa Rosa	Toro Peak - North Summit	8000	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	90
45.	Chimney Peak	Chimney Peak	7994	Southern Sierra Nevada	30
46.	Sylvania Mountains	Sylvania Mountains Wilderness High Point	7970	West Great Basin Ranges	14
47.	Mojave	Clark Mountain	7907	Mojave Desert Ranges	259
48.	Surprise Canyon	Surprise Canyon Wilderness High Point	7770	West Great Basin Ranges	19
49.	Malpais Mesa	Malpais Mesa High Point	7731	West Great Basin Ranges	50
50.	Argus Range	Argus Range Wilderness High Point	7720	West Great Basin Ranges	11
51.	Coso Range	Coso Range Wilderness High Point	7581	West Great Basin Ranges	17
52.	Bighorn Mountain	Bighorn Mountain Wilderness High Point	7560	Transverse Ranges	31
53.	Sespe	Reyes Peak	7514	Transverse Ranges	298
54.	Kingston Range	Kingston Peak	7336	Mojave Desert Ranges	164
55.	Siskiyou	Preston Peak	7309	Klamath Mountains	29
56.	Kiavah	Scodie Mountain	7294	Southern Sierra Nevada	270
57.	Castle Crags	Castle Crags High Point	7200	Klamath Mountains	15
58.	Manly Peak	Manly Peak	7195	West Great Basin Ranges	140
59.	Bucks Lake	Mount Pleasant	7120	Northern Sierra Nevada	12
60.	Snow Mountain	Snow Mountain	7056	Northern California Coast Range	174	2016-06-25
61.	Dick Smith	Big Pine Mountain	6800	Transverse Ranges	213
62.	Red Buttes	Red Butte	6739	Klamath Mountains	9
63.	San Rafael	San Rafael Mountain	6593	Transverse Ranges	170
64.	Yuki	Yuki Wilderness High Point	6520	Northern California Coast Range	31
65.	Chanchelulla	Chanchelulla Peak	6401	Northern California Coast Range	40
66.	Nopah Range	Nopah Range High Point	6394	South Great Basin Ranges	180
67.	Avawatz Mountains	Avawatz Peak	6155	Mojave Desert Ranges	166
68.	Sanhedrin	Sanhedrin Wilderness High Point	6120	Northern California Coast Range	32
69.	Bright Star	Bright Star Wilderness High Point	6080	Southern Sierra Nevada	33
70.	Sawtooth Mountains	Sawtooth Mountains Wilderness High Point	5960	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	15
71.	Matilija	Matilija Wilderness High Point	5938	Transverse Ranges	9
72.	Mount Lassic	Signal Peak	5876	Northern California Coast Range	27
73.	Ventana	Junipero Serra Peak	5862	Central California Coast Ranges	238
74.	Joshua Tree	Quail Mountain	5813	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	498	2017-11-02
75.	Beauty Mountain	Iron Spring Mountain	5755	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	193
76.	Darwin Falls	Darwin Falls Wilderness High Point	5699	West Great Basin Ranges	26
77.	Lava Beds	Callahan Flow	5680	California Cascades	16
78.	Cahuilla Mountain	Cahuilla Mountain	5635	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	255
79.	South Fork San Jacinto	South Fork San Jacinto Wilderness High Point	5447	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	56
80.	Mesquite	Keany Benchmark - North Peak	5381	Mojave Desert Ranges	17
81.	Old Woman Mountains	Old Woman Mountain	5325	Mojave Desert Ranges	170
82.	Funeral Mountains	Funeral Mountains Wilderness High Point	5320	West Great Basin Ranges	34
83.	Resting Spring Range	Stewart Point	5266	South Great Basin Ranges	173
84.	El Paso Mountains	Black Mountain	5244	Mojave Desert Ranges	218
85.	Rodman Mountains	Rodman Mountains Wilderness High Point	5240	Mojave Desert Ranges	51
86.	Pahrump Valley	Pahrump Valley Wilderness High Point	5151	Mojave Desert Ranges	23
87.	Newberry Mountains	Newberry Mountains High Point	5117	Mojave Desert Ranges	51
88.	Agua Tibia	Eagle Crag - Southeast Ridge	5080	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	40
89.	Golden Valley	Dome Mountain	4974	Mojave Desert Ranges	64
90.	Stateline	Stateline Wilderness High Point	4928	Mojave Desert Ranges	20
91.	Ibex	Ibex Peak	4751	West Great Basin Ranges	78
92.	Great Falls Basin	Great Falls Basin Wilderness High Point	4720	West Great Basin Ranges	11
93.	Magic Mountain	Magic Mountain Wilderness High Point	4705	Transverse Ranges	27
94.	North Mesquite Mountains	North Mesquite Mountains Wilderness High Point	4701	Mojave Desert Ranges	24
95.	Grass Valley	Grass Valley Wilderness High Point	4681	Mojave Desert Ranges	27
96.	Carrizo Gorge	Mount Tule	4647	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	142
97.	Sheephole Valley	Sheep Hole Mountains High Point	4613	Mojave Desert Ranges	212
98.	Clipper Mountain	Clipper Mountain	4593	Mojave Desert Ranges	68
99.	Chuckwalla Mountains	Black Butte	4504	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	180
100.	Pine Creek	Pine Creek Wilderness High Point	4424	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	13
101.	Palen/McCoy	Granite Mountain	4331	Mojave Desert Ranges	146
102.	Ishi	Barkley Mountain - West Slope	4320	California Cascades	9
103.	Turtle Mountains	Turtle Mountains High Point	4298	Mojave Desert Ranges	144
104.	South Nopah Range	Noon Benchmark	4239	South Great Basin Ranges	39
105.	Piute Mountains	Piute Mountains High Point	4199	Mojave Desert Ranges	22
106.	South Fork Eel River	Cahto Peak - North Slope	4160	Northern California Coast Range	35
107.	Whipple Mountains	Whipple Mountains High Point	4130	Mojave Desert Ranges	149
108.	King Range	King Peak	4088	Northern California Coast Range	96
109.	Cleghorn Lakes	Bald Benchmark	4079	Mojave Desert Ranges	32
110.	Machesna Mountain	Machesna Mountain	4063	Central California Coast Ranges	23
111.	Jacumba	Jacumba Wilderness High Point	4038	Northern Baja California	21
112.	Black Mountain	Black Mountain	3939	Mojave Desert Ranges	37
113.	Hauser	Morena Butte	3920	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	195
114.	Bristol Mountains	Old Dad Mountains High Point	3914	Mojave Desert Ranges	19
115.	Kelso Dunes	Bristol Mountains High Point	3871	Mojave Desert Ranges	24
116.	Trilobite	Marble Mountains High Point	3842	Mojave Desert Ranges	52
117.	Pinto Mountains	Pinto Mountains Wilderness High Point	3840	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	19
118.	Orocopia Mountains	Orocopia Mountains High Point	3815	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	227
119.	Hollow Hills	Silver Lake Benchmark	3773	Mojave Desert Ranges	26
120.	Elkhorn Ridge	Brush Mountain	3761	Northern California Coast Range	6
121.	Chemehuevi Mountains	Chemehuevi Peak	3694	Mojave Desert Ranges	154
122.	Soda Mountains	Soda Mountains High Point	3661	Mojave Desert Ranges	29
123.	North Fork	North Fork Wilderness High Point	3607	Northern California Coast Range	6
124.	Dead Mountains	Mount Manchester	3600	Mojave Desert Ranges	28
125.	San Mateo Canyon	San Mateo Peak	3591	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	203
126.	Silver Peak	Silver Peak	3590	Central California Coast Ranges	21
127.	Otay Mountain	Otay Mountain Wilderness High Point	3551	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	60
128.	Big Maria Mountains	Big Maria Mountains High Point	3381	Mojave Desert Ranges	165
129.	Bigelow Cholla Garden	Bannock Benchmark	3314	Mojave Desert Ranges	16
130.	Hain	Hain Wilderness High Point	3280	Central California Coast Ranges	20
131.	Garcia	Pine Ridge	3200	Central California Coast Ranges	2
132.	Cache Creek	Brushy Sky High	3196	Northern California Coast Range	25
133.	Santa Lucia	Hi Mountain - Southeast Ridge	3160	Central California Coast Ranges	28
134.	Stepladder Mountains	Stepladder Mountains	2940	Mojave Desert Ranges	132
135.	Rice Valley	West Maria Benchmark	2887	Mojave Desert Ranges	22
136.	Fish Creek Mountains	Eagle Benchmark	2371	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	57
137.	Cedar Roughs	Cedar Roughs	2368	Northern California Coast Range	18
138.	Saddle Peak Hills	Saddle Peak Hills High Point	2280	West Great Basin Ranges	31
139.	Riverside Mountains	Riverside 2 Benchmark	2254	Mojave Desert Ranges	25
140.	Little Chuckwalla Mountains	Little Chuckwalla Mountains High Point	2160	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	31
140.	Indian Pass	Quartz Peak	2160	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	28
142.	Coyote Mountains	Coyote Mountains Wilderness High Point	1975	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	33
143.	Mecca Hills	Mecca Hills Wilderness High Point	1814	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	31
144.	Palo Verde Mountains	Palo Verde Peak	1760	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	30
145.	Buzzards Peak	Well Benchmark	1604	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	12
146.	Little Picacho	Ridge Benchmark	1523	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	8
147.	Picacho Peak	Picacho Peak Wilderness High Point	1430	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	17
148.	Phillip Burton	Mount Wittenberg	1407	Northern California Coast Range	212	2016-10-04
149.	Cadiz Dunes	Cadiz Dunes Wilderness High Point	974	Mojave Desert Ranges	21
150.	Milpitas Wash	Milpitas Wash Wilderness High Point	875	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	13
151.	North Algodones Dunes	North Algodones Dunes Wilderness High Point	500	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	19
152.	Farallon	Maintop Island High Point	223	Central California Coast Ranges	1

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List Description

California has more wilderness areas than any other state--148--and they include areas in every major mountain range between Mexico and Oregon. Many famous peaks are on this list, but it also includes many "liners" near summits, where the summit area has a road or radio tower, forcing the wilderness boundary and high point to a random slope point.

Also, note that there are two wilderness areas in California that are closed to public entry. The first is the Fallaron Islands, and the second is the Rocks and Islands wilderness off the northern coast. This latter area is largely marine and I could not find any discernable high point on its tiny offshore rocks, so it is not listed here, making the list total 147.

There are also two wilderness areas (Havasu and Imperial Refuge) located parly in California and party in Arizona, and their high points are in Arizona. They are not on this list either--see the Arizona Wilderness High Point List on this site for these peaks.

Finally, this list includes the high point of the State Wilderness Area in San Jacinto State Park, which is not a Nationally designated wilderness but deserves to be on this list.

Acknowledgments

A big thank you to Daryn Dodge, who researched many of these points and supplied a detailed Excel file that allowed me to easily update the preliminary list of 75 peaks that was here. Appreciate it, Daryn!

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