This page collects all the peaks and hills and sand dunes I have climbed in California. I grew up in Southern California but did not hike anything until I was a young adult. It would not be until I moved to Arizona that I started to return to the state to climb its peaks.
My interests have evolved: first, I was mainly interested in the county highpoints, then the 2000-foot prominence peaks, then just about anything that caught my interest. I tend to climb peaks in certain clumps, for example, in the mountains near Wrightwood (where my parents had a second home) and in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park (where my wife and I would often visit).
I have no agenda these days. Whenever I am in the state, I just look around for what's available.
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 Telescope Peak Panamint Mountains Inyo County Aug 1991 P6K • RHP • NPHP |
 Mount Whitney Sierra Nevada Inyo & Tulare Counties Jul 1992 P10K • COHP RHP • NPHP StateHP |
 Mount San Jacinto San Jacinto Mountains Riverside County May 1993 P8K • COHP • RHP |
 Blue Angels Peak Sierra Juarez Imperial County (1) Dec 1999 (2) Mar 2005 COHP |
 Mount San Antonio Sierra Madre Los Angeles County Jul 2000 P6K • COHP • RHP |
 Santiago Peak Santa Ana Mountains Orange County Jul 2000 P4K • COHP • RHP |
 Thunder Mountain & Corral Ridge Sierra Nevada Amador & Calaveras Counties Aug 2000 COHP |
 Mount Pinos & Sawmill Mountain San Emigdio Mountains Kern & Ventura Counties Oct 2000 P4K • COHP • RHP |
 Caliente Mountain Carrizo Plain San Luis Obispo County Dec 2000 P2K • COHP • RHP |
 Big Pine Mountain San Rafael Mountains Santa Barbara County Dec 2000 P2K • COHP • RHP |
 Bay Area County Highpoints 2000 & 2001 COHP |
 Junipero Serra Peak Santa Lucia Mountains Monterey County May 2001 P4K • COHP • RHP |
 Hot Springs Mountain Hot Springs Mountain San Diego County Jul 2001 P2K • COHP • RHP |
 Mount San Gorgonio San Bernardino Mountains San Bernardino County Sep 2001 P8K • COHP • RHP |
 Cobb Mountain Mayacmas Mountains Lake & Sonoma Counties (1) Dec 2001 (2) May 2003 P3K • COHP • RHP |
 White Mountain Peak White Mountains Mono County Jun 2002 P7K • COHP • RHP |
 Freel Peak & Granite Chief Lake Tahoe Ranges El Dorado & Placer Counties Jun 2002 P2,3K • COHP • RHP |
 Quail Mountain Little San Bernardino Mtns Riverside County Apr 2003 P2K • RHP • NPHP |
 Black Butte NorCal Coastal Ranges Glenn County May 2003 P2K • COHP |
 Lassen Peak Cascade Mountains Shasta County Jul 2004 P5K • COHP • NPHP |
 Brokeoff Mountain Cascade Mountains Tehama County Jul 2004 COHP |
 Kelso Dunes Mojave National Preserve San Bernardino County Mar 2005 |
 Snow Mountain NorCal Coastal Ranges Colusa & Lake Counties Jul 2005 P2K • COHP |
 Anthony Peak NorCal Coastal Ranges Mendocino County Jul 2005 P1K • COHP |
 Middle Sister Peak Sweetwater Mountains Mono County Aug 2005 COHP (NV) • RHP |
 Mount Baden-Powell San Gabriel Mountains Los Angeles County May 2007 P2K |
 Burnt Peak Sawmill Mountains Los Angeles County May 2007 P2K • RHP |
 Reyes Peak Pine Mountain Ventura County May 2007 P2K • RHP |
 Sandstone Peak Santa Monica Mountains Ventura County May 2007 P2K • RHP |
 Orocopia Mountain Orocopia Mountains Riverside County Jan 2008 P2K • RHP |
 Whale Peak Vallecito Mountains San Diego County Mar 2008 P2K • RHP |
 Rodman Mountain Rodman Mountains San Bernardino County May 2008 P2K • RHP |
 Mount Ord Ord Mountains San Bernardino County May 2008 P3K • RHP |
 Toro Peak Santa Rosa Mountains Riverside County May 2008 P3K • RHP |
 Palomar Mountain Palomar Mountains San Diego County Aug 2008 P2K • RHP |
 Cuyamaca Peak Cuyamaca Mountains San Diego County (1) Oct 2008 (2) Feb 2015 |
 Otay Mountain San Ysidro Mountains San Diego County Oct 2008 P2K • RHP |
 Big Maria Peak Big Maria Mountains Riverside County Dec 2008 P2K • RHP |
 Frazier Mountain Transverse Ranges Ventura County May 2009 P2K • RHP |
 Breckenridge Mountain Breckenridge Mountains Kern County May 2009 P3K • RHP |
 Piute Mountain Piute Mountains Kern County May 2009 P3K • RHP |
 Tehachapi Mountain Tehachapi Mountains Kern County May 2009 RHP |
 Eagle Mountain Eagle Mountains Riverside County Dec 2009 P2K • RHP |
 Black Butte Chuckwalla Mountains Riverside County Jan 2010 P2K • RHP |
 Red Island Salton Buttes Volcanic Field Imperial County Jan 2010 |
 Whipple Mountain Whipple Mountains San Bernardino County Feb 2010 P2K • RHP |
 Red Mountain Red Mountains San Bernardino County May 2010 P2K • RHP |
 Alamo Mountain Transverse Ranges Ventura County Aug 2010 P2K |
 Santa Ynez Peak Santa Ynez Mountains Santa Barbara County Aug 2010 P2K • RHP |
 Box Springs Mountain Box Springs Mountains Riverside County May 2012 P1K • RHP |
 Mount Lukens San Gabriel Mountains Los Angeles County May 2012 P1K |
 Mount Jurupa Jurupa Mountains Riverside County May 2012 P1K • RHP |
 Sugarloaf Mountain San Bernardino Mountains San Bernardino County Aug 2012 P1K |
 Keller Peak San Bernardino Mountains San Bernardino County Aug 2012 P1K |
 Waterman Mountain San Gabriel Mountains Los Angeles County Aug 2012 P1K |
 Telegraph Peak & Thunder Peak San Gabriel Mountains San Bernardino County Aug 2012 P1K |
 Carrizo Mountain Coyote Mountains Imperial County Nov 2012 P1K • RHP |
 Cowles Mountain Mission Hills San Diego County Nov 2012 P1K • RHP |
 Cahuilla Mountain Peninsular Mountains Riverside County May 2013 P1K |
 Thomas Mountain Peninsular Mountains Riverside County May 2013 P1K |
 Mount Williamson San Gabriel Mountains Los Angeles County May 2013 P1K |
 Palm View Peak San Jacinto Mountains Riverside County May 2013 P1K |
 Sunset Peak San Gabriel Mountains Los Angeles County Nov 2013 P1K |
 Palm Benchmark Tierra Blanca Mountains San Diego County Dec 2013 |
 Mine Benchmark Coyote Mountains San Diego County Dec 2013 |
 Blue Ridge & Table Mountain San Gabriel Mountains Los Angeles County May 2014 |
 Ontario Peak San Gabriel Mountains San Bernardino County May 2014 P1K |
 Throop Peak & Lewis Peak San Gabriel Mountains Los Angeles County May 2014 |
 San Gabriel Peak San Gabriel Mountains Los Angeles County May 2014 P1K |
 Stage Benchmark Tierra Blanca Mountains San Diego County Dec 2014 P1K |
 Tecate Peak Peninsular Mountains San Diego County Feb 2015 P1K |
 Potrero Peak Peninsular Mountains San Diego County Feb 2015 |
 Stonewall Peak Cuyamaca Mountains San Diego County Feb 2015 |
 Verdugo Mountain San Gabriel Mountains Los Angeles County Sep 2015 P1K |
 Avi Kwalal Cargo Muchacho Mountains Imperial County Nov 2016 |
 Ghost Mountain Vallecito Mountains San Diego County Mar 2017 |
 Zanja Peak Crafton Hills San Bernardino County Dec 2019 RHP |
 Shandin Hills San Bernardino County Dec 2019 |
 Micro Benchmark Chuckwalla Mountains Riverside County Jan 2020 P1K |
 Goffs Butte Piute Mountains San Bernardino County Feb 2021 |
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 Sinkyone Wilderness May 2003 |
 Death Valley May 2005 |
 Anza-Borrego Desert Various |
 Fonts Wash & Badlands c. 2005-07 |