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California Wilderness High Points - Multiple Ascents Grid

Rank	Geography	Peak	Elev-Ft	Prom-Ft
1.	Sequoia-Kings Canyon	Mount Whitney	14,498	10,078
1.	John Muir	Mount Whitney	14,498	10,078
3.	Mount Shasta	Mount Shasta	14,162	9762
18.	San Jacinto State Wilderness	San Jacinto Peak	10,839	8319
13.	San Gorgonio	San Gorgonio Mountain	11,499	8294
24.	Sheep Mountain	Mount San Antonio	10,064	6224
17.	Death Valley	Telescope Peak	11,048	6168
42.	Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel	South Yolla Bolly Mountain	8094	4814
73.	Ventana	Junipero Serra Peak	5862	4447
26.	South Warner	Eagle Peak	9892	4352
47.	Mojave	Clark Mountain	7907	4232
5.	Ansel Adams	Mount Ritter	13,143	3957
15.	Inyo Mountains	Waucoba Mountain	11,123	3923
30.	Trinity Alps	Thompson Peak	8994	3914
54.	Kingston Range	Kingston Peak	7336	3727
66.	Nopah Range	Nopah Range High Point	6394	3573
101.	Palen/McCoy	Granite Mountain	4331	3314
67.	Avawatz Mountains	Avawatz Peak	6155	3295
10.	South Sierra	Olancha Peak	12,123	3083
108.	King Range	King Peak	4088	2928
36.	Thousand Lakes	Crater Peak	8683	2923
40.	Marble Mountain	Boulder Peak	8299	2899
99.	Chuckwalla Mountains	Black Butte	4504	2844
107.	Whipple Mountains	Whipple Mountains High Point	4130	2790
81.	Old Woman Mountains	Old Woman Mountain	5325	2733
103.	Turtle Mountains	Turtle Mountains High Point	4298	2657
8.	Hoover	Mount Conness	12,590	2630
25.	Desolation	Pyramid Peak	9983	2583
21.	Mokelumne	Round Top	10,381	2541
58.	Manly Peak	Manly Peak	7195	2536
55.	Siskiyou	Preston Peak	7309	2509
60.	Snow Mountain	Snow Mountain	7056	2496
65.	Chanchelulla	Chanchelulla Peak	6401	2398
83.	Resting Spring Range	Stewart Point	5266	2379
128.	Big Maria Mountains	Big Maria Mountains High Point	3381	2298
74.	Joshua Tree	Quail Mountain	5813	2293
41.	Russian	Russian Peak	8190	2230
97.	Sheephole Valley	Sheep Hole Mountains High Point	4613	2218
37.	Owens Peak	Owens Peak	8453	2173
61.	Dick Smith	Big Pine Mountain	6800	2160
118.	Orocopia Mountains	Orocopia Mountains High Point	3815	2095
53.	Sespe	Reyes Peak	7514	2074
98.	Clipper Mountain	Clipper Mountain	4593	2051
11.	Emigrant	Leavitt Peak	11,569	2049
56.	Kiavah	Scodie Mountain	7294	2048
120.	Elkhorn Ridge	Brush Mountain	3761	1971
84.	El Paso Mountains	Black Mountain	5244	1944
6.	Yosemite	Mount Lyell	13,114	1894
29.	Granite Chief	Granite Chief	9006	1846
14.	Carson-Iceberg	Sonora Peak	11,459	1816
122.	Soda Mountains	Soda Mountains High Point	3661	1781
121.	Chemehuevi Mountains	Chemehuevi Peak	3694	1774
39.	Caribou	Red Cinder	8375	1735
12.	Owens River Headwaters	San Joaquin Mountain	11,549	1674
89.	Golden Valley	Dome Mountain	4974	1657
136.	Fish Creek Mountains	Eagle Benchmark	2371	1651
110.	Machesna Mountain	Machesna Mountain	4063	1623
132.	Cache Creek	Brushy Sky High	3196	1596
62.	Red Buttes	Red Butte	6739	1579
135.	Rice Valley	West Maria Benchmark	2887	1567
78.	Cahuilla Mountain	Cahuilla Mountain	5635	1555
91.	Ibex	Ibex Peak	4751	1461
43.	San Gabriel	Waterman Mountain	8038	1438
19.	Dinkey Lakes	Three Sisters	10,612	1412
104.	South Nopah Range	Noon Benchmark	4239	1349
115.	Kelso Dunes	Bristol Mountains High Point	3871	1328
137.	Cedar Roughs	Cedar Roughs	2368	1328
82.	Funeral Mountains	Funeral Mountains Wilderness High Point	5320	1320
23.	Kaiser	Kaiser Peak	10,310	1310
124.	Dead Mountains	Mount Manchester	3600	1287
131.	Garcia	Pine Ridge	3200	1280
63.	San Rafael	San Rafael Mountain	6593	1273
22.	Jennie Lakes	Mitchell Peak	10,365	1205
31.	Cucamonga	Telegraph Peak	8985	1183
139.	Riverside Mountains	Riverside 2 Benchmark	2254	1134
87.	Newberry Mountains	Newberry Mountains High Point	5117	1117
32.	Granite Mountain	Granite Mountain	8920	1110
75.	Beauty Mountain	Iron Spring Mountain	5755	1075
105.	Piute Mountains	Piute Mountains High Point	4199	1066
140.	Indian Pass	Quartz Peak	2160	1040
109.	Cleghorn Lakes	Bald Benchmark	4079	1039
9.	John Krebs	Florence Peak	12,432	1033
148.	Phillip Burton	Mount Wittenberg	1407	1007
144.	Palo Verde Mountains	Palo Verde Peak	1760	1000
90.	Stateline	Stateline Wilderness High Point	4928	975
125.	San Mateo Canyon	San Mateo Peak	3591	911
116.	Trilobite	Marble Mountains High Point	3842	906
7.	Golden Trout	Cirque Peak	12,900	900
94.	Grass Valley	Grass Valley Wilderness High Point	4681	821
45.	Chimney Peak	Chimney Peak	7994	794
140.	Little Chuckwalla Mountains	Little Chuckwalla Mountains High Point	2160	760
96.	Carrizo Gorge	Mount Tule	4647	727
134.	Stepladder Mountains	Stepladder Mountains	2940	726
57.	Castle Crags	Castle Crags High Point	7200	720
93.	North Mesquite Mountains	North Mesquite Mountains Wilderness High Point	4701	715
129.	Bigelow Cholla Garden	Bannock Benchmark	3314	709
146.	Little Picacho	Mala Pais Benchmark	1474	694
113.	Hauser	Morena Butte	3920	680
49.	Malpais Mesa	Malpais Mesa High Point	7731	651
119.	Hollow Hills	Silver Lake Benchmark	3773	640
59.	Bucks Lake	Mount Pleasant	7120	640
130.	Pinnacles	South Chalone Peak	3269	629
126.	Silver Peak	Silver Peak	3590	610
114.	Bristol Mountains	Old Dad Mountains High Point	3914	601
71.	Matilija	Matilija Wilderness High Point	5938	538
112.	Black Mountain	Black Mountain	3939	519
38.	Pleasant View Ridge	Mount Lewis	8396	493
145.	Buzzards Peak	Well Benchmark	1604	484
35.	Chumash	Sawmill Mountain	8818	418
16.	Monarch	Hogback Peak	11,080	400
147.	Picacho Peak	Picacho Peak Wilderness High Point	1430	390
100.	Pine Creek	Pine Creek Wilderness High Point	4424	384
33.	Sacatar Trail	Sacatar Trail Wilderness High Point	8840	360
72.	Mount Lassic	Signal Peak	5876	276
127.	Otay Mountain	Otay Mountain Wilderness High Point	3551	271
143.	Mecca Hills	Mecca Hills Wilderness High Point	1814	251
111.	Jacumba	Jacumba Wilderness High Point	4038	238
152.	Farallon	Maintop Island High Point	223	223
138.	Saddle Peak Hills	Saddle Peak Hills High Point	2280	188
48.	Surprise Canyon	Surprise Canyon Wilderness High Point	7770	170
27.	Domeland	Domeland Wilderness High Point	9724	164
106.	South Fork Eel River	Cahto Peak-North Slope	4160	150
85.	Rodman Mountains	Rodman Mountains Wilderness High Point	5240	139
151.	North Algodones Dunes	North Algodones Dunes Wilderness High Point	500	126
52.	Coso Range	Coso Range Wilderness High Point	7581	79
46.	Sylvania Mountains	Sylvania Mountains Wilderness High Point	7970	50
117.	Pinto Mountains	Pinto Mountains Wilderness High Point	3840	40
86.	Pahrump Valley	Pahrump Valley Wilderness High Point	5151	33
92.	Magic Mountain	Magic Mountain Wilderness High Point	4705	25
76.	Darwin Falls	Darwin Falls Wilderness High Point	5699	19
142.	Coyote Mountains	Coyote Mountains Wilderness High Point	1975	15
123.	North Fork	North Fork Wilderness High Point	3607	7
80.	Mesquite	Keany Benchmark-North Peak	5381	0
133.	Santa Lucia	Hi Mountain-Southeast Ridge	3160	0
33.	Piper Mountain	Juniper Benchmark-Northeast Slope	8840	0
68.	Sanhedrin	Sanhedrin Wilderness High Point	6120	0
64.	Yuki	Yuki Wilderness High Point	6520	0
77.	Lava Beds	Callahan Flow	5680	0
20.	Lassen Volcanic	Lassen Volcanic Wilderness High Point	10,400	0
102.	Ishi	Barkley Mountain-West Slope	4320	0
88.	Agua Tibia	Eagle Crag-Southeast Ridge	5080	0
44.	Santa Rosa	Toro Peak-North Summit	8000	0
28.	San Jacinto	San Jacinto Wilderness High Point	9220	0
51.	Bighorn Mountain	Bighorn Mountain Wilderness High Point	7560	0
50.	Argus Range	Argus Range Wilderness High Point	7720	0
69.	Bright Star	Bright Star Wilderness High Point	6080	0
149.	Cadiz Dunes	Cadiz Dunes Wilderness High Point	974	0
150.	Milpitas Wash	Milpitas Wash Wilderness High Point	875	0
79.	South Fork San Jacinto	South Fork San Jacinto Wilderness High Point	5447	0
4.	White Mountains	White Mountains Wilderness High Point	14,080	0
95.	Great Falls Basin	Crow Canyon Point	4678
70.	Sawtooth Mountains	Sawtooth Mountains Wilderness High Point	5960

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About the Multiple Ascent Grid:

This table grid shows all peaks on a given list, and all ascents done by Keith Monk, up to 10 ascents per peak.
While many peakbaggers do not like to repeat ascents, some will try to do multiple "laps" or "rounds" of a favorite list, often one close to home.
The header for each ascent column shows, in parentheses, the total number of peaks climbed in each "round", and clicking the header link will sort your ascents for that round.
Due to space limitations, this listing has just the basic peak info, so up to ten date columns can be shown. Please use the main peak list (linked above) for more basic info and functionality.
Some climbers will log two ascents of the same peak on the same day--for example, when doing an out-and-back ridge run with other ascents sandwiched between two of the same peak. Some might not consider these to be two separate ascents for the purposes of doing multiple rounds. Clicking on the "Count a peak only once per day" link in the header will collapse multiple ascents of a peak on a single day into just one ascent for this grid list.

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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