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California Wilderness High Points

Showing Jim Doyle's first ascent dates for climbed peaks (15 out of 152, or 9.87%)

Rank	Wilderness	Peak	Elev-Ft (Opt)	Range (Level 4)	Ascents	Ascent Date
1.	Sheep Mountain	Mount San Antonio	10,064	Transverse Ranges	3136	2017-06-18 a
2.	Sequoia-Kings Canyon	Mount Whitney	14,498	Sequoia Sierra Nevada	2623	2011-09-06
2.	John Muir	Mount Whitney	14,498	Sequoia Sierra Nevada	2623	2011-09-06
4.	San Jacinto State Wilderness	San Jacinto Peak	10,839	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	1835
5.	San Gorgonio	San Gorgonio Mountain	11,499	Transverse Ranges	1298
6.	Mount Shasta	Mount Shasta	14,162	California Cascades	1121
7.	Death Valley	Telescope Peak	11,048	West Great Basin Ranges	590
8.	San Gabriel	Waterman Mountain	8038	Transverse Ranges	528	2017-10-20
9.	Cucamonga	Telegraph Peak	8985	Transverse Ranges	494
10.	Chumash	Sawmill Mountain	8818	Transverse Ranges	455	2017-10-23 b
11.	Joshua Tree	Quail Mountain	5813	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	334	2018-12-10 b
12.	Desolation	Pyramid Peak	9983	Lake Tahoe-Sonora Pass Sierra Nevada	322	2018-05-27
13.	Mokelumne	Round Top	10,381	Lake Tahoe-Sonora Pass Sierra Nevada	296	2018-09-01
14.	Hoover	Mount Conness	12,590	Yosemite-Ritter Sierra Nevada	291
15.	Carson-Iceberg	Sonora Peak	11,459	Lake Tahoe-Sonora Pass Sierra Nevada	287	2018-07-24 a
16.	Golden Trout	Cirque Peak	12,900	Sequoia Sierra Nevada	251
17.	Pleasant View Ridge	Mount Lewis	8396	Transverse Ranges	246
18.	Granite Chief	Granite Chief	9006	Lake Tahoe-Sonora Pass Sierra Nevada	243	2018-07-09 b
19.	Owens Peak	Owens Peak	8453	Southern Sierra Nevada	240
20.	Ansel Adams	Mount Ritter	13,143	Yosemite-Ritter Sierra Nevada	209
20.	South Sierra	Olancha Peak	12,123	Southern Sierra Nevada	209
20.	Sespe	Reyes Peak	7514	Transverse Ranges	209
23.	Emigrant	Leavitt Peak	11,569	Lake Tahoe-Sonora Pass Sierra Nevada	208
24.	Ventana	Junipero Serra Peak	5862	Central California Coast Ranges	202
25.	Yosemite	Mount Lyell	13,114	Yosemite-Ritter Sierra Nevada	191
26.	Kiavah	Scodie Mountain	7294	Southern Sierra Nevada	179
27.	Cahuilla Mountain	Cahuilla Mountain	5635	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	174
28.	Dick Smith	Big Pine Mountain	6840	Transverse Ranges	172
29.	Mojave	Clark Mountain	7940	Mojave Desert Ranges	170
30.	Owens River Headwaters	San Joaquin Mountain	11,614	Central Sierra Nevada	165	2018-07-25 c
31.	Orocopia Mountains	Orocopia Mountains High Point	3815	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	164
32.	El Paso Mountains	Black Mountain	5244	Mojave Desert Ranges	145
33.	Sheephole Valley	Sheep Hole Mountains High Point	4613	Mojave Desert Ranges	142
34.	Snow Mountain	Snow Mountain	7056	Northern California Coast Range	141	2016-06-15
34.	Phillip Burton	Mount Wittenberg	1407	Northern California Coast Range	141	2018-12-29
36.	Beauty Mountain	Iron Spring Mountain	5755	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	140
37.	San Mateo Canyon	San Mateo Peak	3591	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	130
38.	Hauser	Morena Butte	3960	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	124
39.	Chuckwalla Mountains	Black Butte	4504	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	122
40.	Old Woman Mountains	Old Woman Mountain	5325	Mojave Desert Ranges	119
41.	Inyo Mountains	Waucoba Mountain	11,123	West Great Basin Ranges	118
41.	South Warner	Eagle Peak	9892	Northwest Great Basin Ranges	118
41.	Nopah Range	Nopah Range High Point	6394	South Great Basin Ranges	118
44.	Big Maria Mountains	Big Maria Mountains High Point	3381	Mojave Desert Ranges	117
45.	Avawatz Mountains	Avawatz Peak	6155	Mojave Desert Ranges	116
46.	Resting Spring Range	Stewart Point	5266	South Great Basin Ranges	115
47.	San Rafael	San Rafael Mountain	6593	Transverse Ranges	114
48.	Kingston Range	Kingston Peak	7336	Mojave Desert Ranges	109
49.	John Krebs	Florence Peak	12,432	Sequoia Sierra Nevada	107
50.	Whipple Mountains	Whipple Mountains High Point	4130	Mojave Desert Ranges	104
51.	Chemehuevi Mountains	Chemehuevi Peak	3694	Mojave Desert Ranges	103
52.	Turtle Mountains	Turtle Mountains High Point	4331	Mojave Desert Ranges	100
53.	Dinkey Lakes	Three Sisters	10,612	Central Sierra Nevada	94
53.	Manly Peak	Manly Peak	7195	West Great Basin Ranges	94
55.	Palen/McCoy	Granite Mountain	4364	Mojave Desert Ranges	92
56.	Stepladder Mountains	Stepladder Mountains	2940	Mojave Desert Ranges	90
57.	Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel	South Yolla Bolly Mountain	8094	Northern California Coast Range	85	2017-10-28 a
58.	Carrizo Gorge	Mount Tule	4647	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	84
59.	Lassen Volcanic	Lassen Volcanic Wilderness High Point	10,440	California Cascades	76
60.	Santa Rosa	Toro Peak-North Summit	8040	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	69
61.	Kaiser	Kaiser Peak	10,310	Central Sierra Nevada	64
61.	King Range	King Peak	4088	Northern California Coast Range	64
63.	Pinnacles	South Chalone Peak	3269	Central California Coast Ranges	60
64.	White Mountains	White Mountains Wilderness High Point	14,120	West Great Basin Ranges	50
65.	Thousand Lakes	Crater Peak	8683	California Cascades	49	2017-09-27 a
65.	Clipper Mountain	Clipper Mountain	4610	Mojave Desert Ranges	49
67.	Trinity Alps	Thompson Peak	8994	Klamath Mountains	41
67.	South Fork San Jacinto	South Fork San Jacinto Wilderness High Point	5447	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	41
69.	Jennie Lakes	Mitchell Peak	10,365	Sequoia Sierra Nevada	40
69.	Ibex	Ibex Peak	4751	West Great Basin Ranges	40
69.	Otay Mountain	Otay Mountain Wilderness High Point	3551	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	40
72.	Rodman Mountains	Rodman Mountains Wilderness High Point	5280	Mojave Desert Ranges	39
73.	Fish Creek Mountains	Eagle Benchmark	2371	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	36
74.	Newberry Mountains	Newberry Mountains High Point	5117	Mojave Desert Ranges	35
75.	Golden Valley	Dome Mountain	4974	Mojave Desert Ranges	34
76.	Marble Mountain	Boulder Peak	8299	Klamath Mountains	32
76.	Trilobite	Marble Mountains High Point	3842	Mojave Desert Ranges	32
78.	Chanchelulla	Chanchelulla Peak	6401	Northern California Coast Range	30
78.	Bright Star	Bright Star Wilderness High Point	6120	Southern Sierra Nevada	30
80.	Granite Mountain	Granite Mountain	8920	West Great Basin Ranges	28
81.	Agua Tibia	Eagle Crag-Southeast Ridge	5120	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	26
82.	South Nopah Range	Noon Benchmark	4239	South Great Basin Ranges	25
83.	Malpais Mesa	Malpais Mesa High Point	7731	West Great Basin Ranges	24
83.	Mecca Hills	Mecca Hills Wilderness High Point	1814	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	24
85.	Mount Lassic	Signal Peak	5876	Northern California Coast Range	23
85.	Black Mountain	Black Mountain	3939	Mojave Desert Ranges	23
87.	Siskiyou	Preston Peak	7309	Klamath Mountains	22
87.	Yuki	Yuki Wilderness High Point	6560	Northern California Coast Range	22
87.	South Fork Eel River	Cahto Peak-North Slope	4200	Northern California Coast Range	22
87.	Saddle Peak Hills	Saddle Peak Hills High Point	2280	West Great Basin Ranges	22
91.	Sanhedrin	Sanhedrin Wilderness High Point	6160	Northern California Coast Range	21
91.	Darwin Falls	Darwin Falls Wilderness High Point	5699	West Great Basin Ranges	21
91.	Palo Verde Mountains	Palo Verde Peak	1800	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	21
94.	Chimney Peak	Chimney Peak	7994	Southern Sierra Nevada	20
94.	Coyote Mountains	Coyote Mountains Wilderness High Point	1975	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	20
96.	Russian	Russian Peak	8190	Klamath Mountains	19
96.	Cleghorn Lakes	Bald Benchmark	4079	Mojave Desert Ranges	19
96.	Hollow Hills	Silver Lake Benchmark	3806	Mojave Desert Ranges	19
99.	Dead Mountains	Mount Manchester	3600	Mojave Desert Ranges	18
99.	Cache Creek	Brushy Sky High	3196	Northern California Coast Range	18
99.	Indian Pass	Quartz Peak	2200	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	18
102.	Domeland	Domeland Wilderness High Point	9724	Southern Sierra Nevada	17
103.	Funeral Mountains	Funeral Mountains Wilderness High Point	5360	West Great Basin Ranges	16
103.	Pahrump Valley	Pahrump Valley Wilderness High Point	5184	Mojave Desert Ranges	16
103.	North Mesquite Mountains	North Mesquite Mountains Wilderness High Point	4701	Mojave Desert Ranges	16
103.	Grass Valley	Grass Valley Wilderness High Point	4681	Mojave Desert Ranges	16
103.	Santa Lucia	Hi Mountain-Southeast Ridge	3200	Central California Coast Ranges	16
103.	Cedar Roughs	Cedar Roughs	2368	Northern California Coast Range	16
109.	Stateline	Stateline Wilderness High Point	4928	Mojave Desert Ranges	15
109.	Magic Mountain	Magic Mountain Wilderness High Point	4705	Transverse Ranges	15
109.	Machesna Mountain	Machesna Mountain	4063	Central California Coast Ranges	15
109.	Riverside Mountains	Riverside 2 Benchmark	2254	Mojave Desert Ranges	15
113.	Bristol Mountains	Old Dad Mountains High Point	3914	Mojave Desert Ranges	14
113.	Pinto Mountains	Pinto Mountains Wilderness High Point	3880	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	14
113.	Rice Valley	West Maria Benchmark	2887	Mojave Desert Ranges	14
113.	Cadiz Dunes	Cadiz Dunes Wilderness High Point	974	Mojave Desert Ranges	14
117.	Jacumba	Jacumba Wilderness High Point	4038	Northern Baja California	13
117.	Kelso Dunes	Bristol Mountains High Point	3904	Mojave Desert Ranges	13
117.	Little Chuckwalla Mountains	Little Chuckwalla Mountains High Point	2200	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	13
120.	Piute Mountains	Piute Mountains High Point	4232	Mojave Desert Ranges	12
120.	Picacho Peak	Picacho Peak Wilderness High Point	1430	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	12
120.	North Algodones Dunes	North Algodones Dunes Wilderness High Point	520	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	12
123.	Mesquite	Keany Benchmark-North Peak	5413	Mojave Desert Ranges	11
123.	Soda Mountains	Soda Mountains High Point	3661	Mojave Desert Ranges	11
123.	Silver Peak	Silver Peak	3590	Central California Coast Ranges	11
123.	Bigelow Cholla Garden	Bannock Benchmark	3346	Mojave Desert Ranges	11
127.	Bighorn Mountain	Bighorn Mountain Wilderness High Point	7600	Transverse Ranges	10
127.	Castle Crags	Castle Crags High Point	7200	Klamath Mountains	10
127.	Bucks Lake	Mount Pleasant	7200	Northern Sierra Nevada	10
130.	Monarch	Hogback Peak	11,120	Central Sierra Nevada	9
130.	Piper Mountain	Juniper Benchmark-Northeast Slope	8880	West Great Basin Ranges	9
130.	Sylvania Mountains	Sylvania Mountains Wilderness High Point	7970	West Great Basin Ranges	9
130.	Sawtooth Mountains	Sawtooth Mountains Wilderness High Point	6000	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	9
130.	Pine Creek	Pine Creek Wilderness High Point	4424	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	9
130.	Little Picacho	Mala Pais Benchmark	1474	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	9
136.	Sacatar Trail	Sacatar Trail Wilderness High Point	8880	Southern Sierra Nevada	8
136.	Caribou	Red Cinder	8375	California Cascades	8
136.	Surprise Canyon	Surprise Canyon Wilderness High Point	7770	West Great Basin Ranges	8
136.	Coso Range	Coso Range Wilderness High Point	7581	West Great Basin Ranges	8
136.	Lava Beds	Callahan Flow	5720	California Cascades	8
141.	San Jacinto	San Jacinto Wilderness High Point	9220	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	6
142.	Red Buttes	Red Butte	6739	Klamath Mountains	5
142.	Ishi	Barkley Mountain-West Slope	4360	California Cascades	5
144.	Argus Range	Argus Range Wilderness High Point	7760	West Great Basin Ranges	4
144.	Matilija	Matilija Wilderness High Point	5938	Transverse Ranges	4
144.	Elkhorn Ridge	Brush Mountain	3761	Northern California Coast Range	4
144.	North Fork	North Fork Wilderness High Point	3607	Northern California Coast Range	4
148.	Great Falls Basin	Crow Canyon Point	4678	West Great Basin Ranges	1
148.	Buzzards Peak	Well Benchmark	1604	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	1
148.	Farallon	Maintop Island High Point	223	Central California Coast Ranges	1
151.	Garcia	Pine Ridge	3240	Central California Coast Ranges	0
151.	Milpitas Wash	Milpitas Wash Wilderness High Point	875	Peninsular Southern California Ranges	0

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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.

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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