Author Archives: Uwe

Owens Peak is the highest point in the southern Sierra Nevada and really stands out when one drives up to the Sierra via Hwy 395. Time to check out it’s like on top.

A little break in the weather in the desert (temperatures < 90 F (32 C)) made another desert trip possible. We picked a couple of desert peaks with over 2000 ft of prominence.

Jack, John, and I set out for hiking some more peaks in JTNP before the desert gets to hot. It almost was too hot already.

We needed a slower-paced camping trip with a focus on food and hanging out. A couple of nights in Pinyon Wash in Anza-Borrego State Park sounded good.

There are a couple of mountains that we always look at for quite a while when driving up/down Hwy. 395 on Sierra Nevada trips. We never have the time on these trips to hike them, so I put together a separate trip for these.

There is some confusion about the Marble Peak that is mentioned in the “Desert Summits” book by Andy Zdon. My 2006 edition of the book does not give a description of how to get to the top, in fact a Marble Peak is only mentioned on one of the small maps. Some list this peakContinue reading “Marble Peak Northwest”

Checking out three small mountains on a short overnight trip to the San Bernardino NF north of Lake Arrowhead.

Another outing to scramble up some desert peaks in Southern California. This time we had our eyes on Cady Peak, Sleeping Beauty, Van Winkle Mtn., and others time and conditions permitting.

A 3-day outing to hike Black Mountain, Chaparrosa Peak, Bighorn Mountain, Meeks Mountain with John, Jack, Frank and Ilian.

About 15 years ago I bought the book “Desert Summits” by Andy Zdon. It contains information about 334 desert peaks/mountains/benchmarks in California and southern Nevada. I have hiked some of them, but not as many as I liked. Time to check off more of them.