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.
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Bradshaw Trail and Joshua Tree NP
A 4 day / 3 night outing to get on top of some peaks north of the Bradshaw Trail in the Chuckwalla and Orocopia Mountains that I had been eyeing for quite some time: Chuckwalla Peak, Black Butte, Orocopia Mountains High Point.
Italy Pass Backpacking
Looking for something new to us in the Sierra Nevada I found Italy Pass. It has everything I was looking for: Lakes, streams, small forests, and of course some peaks to climb.
Baxter Pass and Peak
Among the passes into the Sierra Nevada from the east are 4 that have a reputation as being more difficult than the others. Mostly because of the elevation gain from trail head to pass ( >6,000 ft). Terms like “nasty four” are used. The passes are Shepard, Sawmill, Taboose, and Baxter . I had hikedContinue reading “Baxter Pass and Peak”
Kern Peak
Kern peak is very prominent on the Southern end of the Sierra Nevada. I had looked at it often enough from different directions so that it was time to climb it.
NEOWISE overnight hike
I had not paid any attention to the comet NEOWISE until I heard time to see it was running out. So we did not hesitate and went out to the mountains to see it.
Sam Fink Peak, San Jacinto Mountains
We’ve done quite a bit of hiking in the San Jacinto Mountains, so finding something new is not so easy. Sam Fink Peak was one we hadn’t visited and the area was closed for a number of years due to some devastating fires.
Lamont, Sawtooth, Scodie
3 days at the very southern tip of the Sierra Nevada. The mountains here are not very high, but still fun to explore.
Antsell Rock, Apache Peak
We have done quite some hiking on the desert divide and between us where only missing Antsell Rock (“Gem of the desert divide”) and Apache Peak missing.
10 San Bernardino NF Peaks
We got to stay at Jack and Dorie’s cabin for a week (Thank you!). That put us within easy reach for a lot of peaks we still have on our list.