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Non-Sierra California 10,000-foot Peaks

Ranked Peaks have 300 feet of Clean Prominence

Showing Steve Sheriff's first ascent dates for climbed peaks

Rank	Peak	Elev-Ft	Prom-Ft	Range (Level 5)	Isol-Mi
1.	Mount Shasta	14,162	9822	Mount Shasta Area	334.7
2.	San Gorgonio Mountain	11,499	8294	San Bernardino Mountains	162.5
3.	Lassen Peak	10,457	5229	Lassen Peak Area	71.4
4.	White Mountain Peak	14,246	7196	White Mountains	67.5
5.	Telescope Peak	11,048	6168	Panamint Range	57.2
6.	Mount San Antonio	10,064	6224	San Gabriel Mountains	42.5
7.	San Jacinto Peak	10,839	8319	San Jacinto Mountains	20.3
8.	Waucoba Mountain	11,123	3923	Inyo Mountains	20.0
9.	Mount Patterson	11,673	4153	Pine Nut-Sweetwater Ranges	18.5
10.	Keynot Peak	11,101	3030	Inyo Mountains	17.1
11.	Glass Mountain	11,160	3180	Mono-Benton-Excelsior Area	16.2
12.	Potato Peak	10,237	2557	Mono-Benton-Excelsior Area	14.2
13.	Mount Dubois	13,559	2319	White Mountains	9.6
14.	Cold Benchmark	11,040	840	White Mountains	4.9
15.	Inyo Peak 3341	10,961	1184	Inyo Mountains	4.6
16.	New York Butte	10,668	1148	Inyo Mountains	4.4
17.	Mount Hogue	12,751	351	White Mountains	4.1
18.	Tres Plumas Peak	10,592	312	White Mountains	4.1
19.	Sentinel Meadow Peak	10,200	620	Mono-Benton-Excelsior Area	3.7
20.	Mount Barcroft	13,040	440	White Mountains	3.6
21.	Anderson Peak	10,840	840	San Bernardino Mountains	3.2
22.	Piute Mountain	12,560	880	White Mountains	3.2
23.	Blanco Mountain	11,280	840	White Mountains	3.1
24.	South Sister	11,360	760	Pine Nut-Sweetwater Ranges	2.7
25.	Station Peak	10,316	596	White Mountains	2.7
	Peak 10452	10,452	272	Pine Nut-Sweetwater Ranges	2.7
26.	White Mountains Peak 10920	10,920	560	White Mountains	2.6
27.	Mount Inyo	10,975	975	Inyo Mountains	2.3
28.	Squaw Peak	10,358	678	Inyo Mountains	2.2
	East Headley Peak	12,751	231	White Mountains	2.2
29.	Campito Mountain	11,560	1120	White Mountains	2.2
	The Jumpoff	13,480	40	White Mountains	2.1
30.	Grinnell Mountain	10,284	479	San Bernardino Mountains	2.1
31.	Cone Peak	10,151	440	Mono-Benton-Excelsior Area	2.0
32.	Benton Point	11,512	472	White Mountains	1.8
	Red Peak	10,121	161	White Mountains	1.8
33.	Montgomery Peak	13,441	1266	White Mountains	1.8
34.	Inyo Peak 10307	10,327	447	Inyo Mountains	1.8
35.	Inyo Peak 10414	10,414	694	Inyo Mountains	1.7
36.	Middle Sister	10,854	854	Pine Nut-Sweetwater Ranges	1.7
	Peak 11784	11,784	224	White Mountains	1.7
37.	Peak 3198	10,492	387	Inyo Mountains	1.5
38.	Wheeler Peak	11,663	343	Pine Nut-Sweetwater Ranges	1.5
39.	Indian Peak	11,297	497	White Mountains	1.5
	South Telescope Peak	10,450	250	Panamint Range	1.4
40.	Bucks Peak	10,868	428	White Mountains	1.4
41.	Shastina	12,330	450	Mount Shasta Area	1.4
42.	White Mountains Radio Facility	10,840	320	White Mountains	1.3
43.	County Line Hill	11,240	640	White Mountains	1.3
44.	Mexican Mine Peak	10,640	560	White Mountains	1.2
	Cottonwood Benchmark	11,710	70	White Mountains	1.2
45.	Blue Benchmark-North Peak	10,760	300	Inyo Mountains	1.1
	Ten Thousand Foot Ridge	10,094	94	San Bernardino Mountains	1.1
46.	Sheep Mountain	12,497	497	White Mountains	1.1
47.	Bodie Mountain	10,168	328	Mono-Benton-Excelsior Area	1.1
48.	White Mountains Peak 13615	13,615	385	White Mountains	1.0
	Inyo Peak 10151	10,151	271	Inyo Mountains	1.0
	Inyo Peak 10192	10,192	192	Inyo Mountains	1.0
	Charlton Peak	10,806	246	San Bernardino Mountains	1.0
	Shastarama Point	11,135	95	Mount Shasta Area	.9
49.	Wilfred Peak	10,138	427	Mono-Benton-Excelsior Area	.9
	Rogers Peak	9960	360	Panamint Range	.9
	San Bernardino East Peak	10,691	171	San Bernardino Mountains	.9
	Jepson Peak	11,205	125	San Bernardino Mountains	.9
	Marion Mountain	10,362	202	San Jacinto Mountains	.8
50.	Glass Mountain Ridge	10,840	348	Mono-Benton-Excelsior Area	.8
51.	Lake Peak	10,161	321	San Bernardino Mountains	.8
	White Mountains Peak 13908	13,908	148	White Mountains	.8
	Kelty Peak	10,597	230	Mono-Benton-Excelsior Area	.8
	Mount Patterson-Northwest Peak	11,400	200	Pine Nut-Sweetwater Ranges	.8
	San Bernardino Peak	10,649	209	San Bernardino Mountains	.7
	Shields Peak	10,680	80	San Bernardino Mountains	.7
	2 O'Clock Peak	9960	240	Panamint Range	.7
	Dragons Head	10,866	186	San Bernardino Mountains	.7
52.	Bighorn Mountain	10,997	357	San Bernardino Mountains	.7
	Zahniser Peak	10,056	120	San Bernardino Mountains	.7
	Peak 3146	10,322	217	Inyo Mountains	.6
	Glass Mountain-North Peak	11,123	203	Mono-Benton-Excelsior Area	.6
	Dobbs Peak	10,459	59	San Bernardino Mountains	.6
	Jean Peak	10,670	190	San Jacinto Mountains	.6
	Peak 3121	10,240	135	Inyo Mountains	.6
	Thumb Rock	12,923	83	Mount Shasta Area	.5
	Little Dobbs Peak	10,520	40	San Bernardino Mountains	.5
	Alto Diablo	10,563	123	San Bernardino Mountains	.5
	Limestone Peak	12,240	40	White Mountains	.5
	Newton Drury Peak	10,160	80	San Jacinto Mountains	.4
	Headley Peak	12,676	156	White Mountains	.4
	Little Charlton Peak	10,696	96	San Bernardino Mountains	.4
	Blue Benchmark	10,725	29	Inyo Mountains	.4

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List Description

Any list of the highest peaks in California is dominated by the Sierra Nevada, where thousands of summits rise to over 10,000 feet. This list, however, excludes the Sierra Nevada peaks, providing a relatively short, geographically scattered list. These 10,000 footers range from the volcanoes of the Cascades in Northern California, through the higher fault-block ranges of the Great Basin, and down to the high summits of the San Bernadino, San Gabriel, and San Jacinto ranges near Los Angeles.

For anyone who thinks that high-altitude hiking and scrambling in California is equivalent to the Sierra, this list emphatically disproves that notion. The variety here makes for a unique and challenging list, but one requiring no special mountaineering skills. Mount Shasta is probably the hardest summit of the list, and it can be scrambled in a day by strong hikers.

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