Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 2:10 pm Post subject: Unnamed things
This is the thread for place names that don't seem to be on any maps.
I am mystified by that huge mountain, quite separate from Mt San Gorgonio itself, that you see right in front of you as you come around the Sky High Trail switchbacks. It is 10,997 feet tall according to the topo map, just southeast of the Tarn. But as far as I can tell, it doesn't seem to have a name. There sure isn't any name on the topo map.
And yet it's a big mountain in its own right. If a bump on a ridge like Mt Harwood can have a name of its own, there must be a name for this peak as well.
Anyone know what it is? _________________ I'm aware that, for many people, a map holds neither meaning nor mystery. I can only hope, compassionately, that the rest of their existence isn't equally poverty-stricken.
- Colin Fletcher
_________________ I'm aware that, for many people, a map holds neither meaning nor mystery. I can only hope, compassionately, that the rest of their existence isn't equally poverty-stricken.
- Colin Fletcher
The one on the left is Bighorn. The Dragon's Head is not in frame.
The "standard route" as I understand it goes to the saddle seen in your photo and then heads east up the ridge to Bighorn. I haven't been, but the view from Bighorn isn't supposed to be anything special since it's not a very apical peak. The views from the top of The Dragon's Head are supposed to be better.
HJ _________________ Hiking? Aw, gee, do I have to?
Simonov, here is a photo of the Dragon's Head shot from the Sky High Trail:
This is the summit of Bighorn Peak shot from the same area:
The USGS topo map lists Bighorn's elevation as 10,997'. However, the topo map also places San Gorgonio Mtn at 10,499' when in fact San Gorgonio Mountain's elevation has been revised upward by about 3 feet to 11,502 (rounded). Assuming that nearby Bighorn's elevation also should also be similarly revised, Bighorn's elevation would then be 11,000', making Bighorn one of only three "11'ers" in S. Calif (San Gorgonio and Jepson being the other two).
This is a photo of the western end of Tosh's Tarn and the small peak that lies between Bighorn and the Dragon's Head. If you look closely, you can see a lot of sheep trails. The standard route ascends to the saddle immediately east of this small peak and then climbs the ridge to Bighorn.
DamOTclese wrote:
Zé wrote:
Sierra Club calls it Bighorn Mountain.
Death to the 'Clubbers!
Club the clubbers? _________________ Hiking? Aw, gee, do I have to?
As long as I've known about the Tarn, and its only been 40+ years, its only been called the Tarn.
Someone must have just added their name to it. Like they found it or something???
I've hike there as well as Big Horn & Dragon's Head. Nothing all that spectacular.
What would be good for any hiker is to see the tarn with water in it. It really does fill up at times. Generally early spring is best.
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