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 August 1991 P6K • RHP • NPHP |
 Mount Whitney Sierra Nevada Inyo & Tulare Counties July 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) December 1999 (2) March 2005 COHP |
 Mount San Antonio & Santiago Peak Sierra Madre & Santa Ana Mtns Los Angeles & Orange Counties July 2000 P6K, P4K • COHP • RHP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Thunder Mountain & Corral Ridge Sierra Nevada Amador & Calaveras Counties August 2000 COHP |
 Mount Pinos & Sawmill Mountain San Emigdio Mountains Kern & Ventura Counties October 2000 P4K • COHP • RHP |
 Caliente Mountain & Big Pine Mountain Coastal Ranges San Luis Obispo & Santa Barbara Counties December 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 July 2001 P2K • COHP • RHP |
 Mount San Gorgonio San Bernardino Mountains San Bernardino County September 2001 P8K • COHP • RHP |
 Cobb Mountain Mayacmas Mountains Lake & Sonoma Counties (1) December 2001 (2) May 2003 P3K • COHP • RHP |
 White Mountain Peak White Mountains Mono County June 2002 P7K • COHP • RHP |
 Freel Peak & Granite Chief Lake Tahoe Ranges El Dorado & Placer Counties June 2002 P2,3K • COHP • RHP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Quail Mountain Little San Bernardino Mtns Riverside County April 2003 P2K • RHP • NPHP |
 Black Butte NorCal Coastal Ranges Glenn County May 2003 P2K • COHP |
 Lassen Peak Cascade Mountains Shasta County July 2004 P5K • COHP • NPHP |
 Brokeoff Mountain Cascade Mountains Tehama County July 2004 COHP |
 Kelso Dunes Mojave National Preserve San Bernardino County March 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Snow Mountain NorCal Coastal Ranges Colusa & Lake Counties July 2005 P2K • COHP |
 Anthony Peak NorCal Coastal Ranges Mendocino County July 2005 P1K • COHP |
 Middle Sister Peak Sweetwater Mountains Mono County August 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 |  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 January 2008 P2K • RHP  Whale Peak Vallecito Mountains San Diego County March 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 August 2008 P2K • RHP  Cuyamaca Peak Cuyamaca Mountains San Diego County (1) October 2008 (2) February 2015 P2K • RHP  Otay Mountain San Ysidro Mountains San Diego County October 2008 P2K • RHP |  Big Maria Peak Big Maria Mountains Riverside County December 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 December 2009 P2K • RHP  Black Butte Chuckwalla Mountains Riverside County January 2010 P2K • RHP  Red Island Salton Buttes Volcanic Field Imperial County January 2010  Whipple Mountain Whipple Mountains San Bernardino County February 2010 P2K • RHP  Red Mountain Red Mountains San Bernardino County May 2010 P2K • RHP |  Alamo Mountain Transverse Ranges Ventura County August 2010 P2K  Santa Ynez Peak Santa Ynez Mountains Santa Barbara County August 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 August 2012 P1K  Keller Peak San Bernardino Mountains San Bernardino County August 2012 P1K  Waterman Mountain San Gabriel Mountains Los Angeles County August 2012 P1K  Telegraph Peak & Thunder Peak San Gabriel Mountains San Bernardino County August 2012 P1K  Carrizo Mountain Coyote Mountains Imperial County November 2012 P1K • RHP |  Cowles Mountain Mission Hills San Diego County November 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 November 2013 P1K  Palm Benchmark Tierra Blanca Mountains San Diego County December 2013  Mine Benchmark Coyote Mountains San Diego County December 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 December 2014 P1K  Tecate Peak Peninsular Mountains San Diego County February 2015 P1K  Potrero Peak Peninsular Mountains San Diego County February 2015 |  Stonewall Peak Cuyamaca Mountains San Diego County February 2015  Verdugo Mountain San Gabriel Mountains Los Angeles County September 2015 P1K  Avi Kwalal Cargo Muchacho Mountains Imperial County November 2016  Ghost Mountain Vallecito Mountains San Diego County March 2017  Zanja Peak Crafton Hills San Bernardino County December 2019 RHP |  Shandin Hills San Bernardino County December 2019  Micro Benchmark Chuckwalla Mountains Riverside County January 2020 P1K  Goffs Butte Piute Mountains San Bernardino County February 2021  Laveaga Peak Quien Sabe Ranch San Benito & Merced Counties May 2026 P1K • COHP | | |
 Sinkyone Wilderness May 2003 |
 Death Valley May 2005 |
 Anza-Borrego Desert Various |
 Fonts Wash & Badlands c. 2005-07 |