San Gabriel Mountains Discussion Forum

simonov · 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.

The summit is at point A on this map.

Anyone know what it is?

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Sierra Club calls it Bighorn Mountain.

The one to its west is Dragons Head.

I might have switched them around though.
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HikeUp · Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 2:20 pm Post subject:

I think that's Bighorn Mountain. (A)

Dragons Head is nearby. (B)

ACME.

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simonov · Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 3:50 pm Post subject:

Thanks.

Which bit is Dragon's Head in this photo?

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TacoDelRio · Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 5:22 pm Post subject:

Dragon's Head is to the west. It's the one with the really really steep east face.

http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/154626/dragons-head.html
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Hikin_Jim · Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 7:18 am Post subject:

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.

TacoDelRio · Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 4:16 pm Post subject:

Tosh's Tarn? I thought it was just 'THE' Tarn. Enlighten me, Sensei Jim Kun.

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