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  Mountain Project: Climbing San Bernardino Mountains > California
Rising east of Los Angeles and the San Gabriel Mountains, the San Bernardino Mountains are home to the tallest peak in Southern California, Mt. San Gorgonio (11,502'/3506m), as well as numerous hiking trails, campgrounds, off-road trails and thousands, yes thousands, of rock climbs.
The rock in the San Bernardino Mountains (SB's) is mostly granite which ranges in quality from excellent to somewhat grainy (ala Joshua Tree), with most being quite good.
Oddly, the neighboring San Jacinto Mountains (home to Tahquitz and Suicide Rock) seem to have gotten the wealth of multi-pitch crags.
www.mountainproject.com /v/california/san_bernardino_mountains/105793881   (680 words)

  
  San Bernardino Mountains - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The San Bernardino Mountains are a short transverse mountain range northeast of Los Angeles in southern California in the United States.
The mountains run for approximately 60 mi (100 km) east-west on the southern edge of the Mojave Desert in southwestern San Bernardino County north of the city of San Bernardino.
The range is separated from the San Gabriel Mountains to the west by Cajon Pass.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/San_Bernardino_Mountains   (209 words)

  
 San Gabriel Mountains - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The San Gabriel Mountains are located in northern Los Angeles County and western San Bernardino County, California, USA.
This Transverse Range lies in and is surrounded by the Angeles National Forest with the San Andreas Fault as the northern border to the range.
The highest peak in the range is Mount San Antonio, commonly referred to as Mt. Baldy.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/San_Gabriel_Mountains   (400 words)

  
 ipedia.com: San Bernardino County, California Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Located in the southeast of the state of California, the deserts and mountains of this vast county stretch from the outskirts of the Los Angeles metropolitan area to the Nevada border and the Colorado River.
San Bernardino County was formed from parts of Los Angeles County in 1853.
The name Bernardino means "bold as a bear." The Spanish gave the name San Bernardino to the snowcapped peak in southern California, in honor of the saint; from him the county derives its name.
www.ipedia.com /san_bernardino_county__california.html   (693 words)

  
 SummitPost.org - San Bernardino Peak Climbing Information
San Bernardino Peak, together with its twin peak, San Gorgonio Mountain, just five miles away and 900 feet higher, anchors the western-most end of the San Bernardino Mountains.
The Angelus Oaks "San Bernardino Peak" trailhead is less visited than others at the edge of the San Gorgonio Wilderness, but still it receives a lot of use especially during summer weekends.
Camping on the mountain or anywhere within the San Gorgonio Wilderness requires a permit that can be obtained from the Mill Creek Ranger Station at 34701 Mill Creek Road, Mentone, CA.
www.summitpost.org /show/mountain_link.pl/mountain_id/2510   (825 words)

  
 FOXNews.com - Fire Roars Through San Bernardino Mountains - U.S. & World
SAN DIEGO — The latest hotspot in the fight to tame a series of devastating Southern California wildfires is centered in the San Bernardino mountain range (search), where firefighters struggled desperately Wednesday to save emptied-out resort towns as 200-foot walls of flame engulfed dead and dried-out trees.
In the San Bernardino Mountains east of Los Angeles, the hot, dry Santa Ana (search) winds from the desert that had been whipping the fires into raging infernos eased Wednesday.
San Diego County fire officials feared a 250,000-acre fire and the 50,000-acre blaze would merge into a huge, single blaze that would make it nearly impossible to keep it from reaching Julian.
www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,101512,00.html   (1437 words)

  
 San Bernardino County Virtual Travel in 7814 images
San Bernardino County covers 20,052 square miles in southern California, and is the largest county in the United States in land area.
San Bernardino, the city, lies in the southwest corner of the county, below the San Bernardino Mountains, which separate the coastal ares from the interior deserts.
The San Bernardino Mountains contrast the rest of the county in greater rainfall and beautiful forests, and provide the water necessary for urbanization in San Bernardino.
www.untraveledroad.com /USA/California/SanBernardino.htm   (320 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - San Bernardino Mountains, United States (U.S. Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia
San Bernardino Mountains, part of the Coast Range, S Calif., extending c.60 mi (100 km) NW and SE through San Bernardino and Riverside counties.
Notable peaks are San Bernardino Mt. (10,630 ft/3,240 m) and Mt. San Gorgonio (11,485 ft/3,501 m).
This region embraces the mountain resort and recreational areas around Gregory, Arrowhead, and Big Bear lakes, in the San Bernardino National Forest.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/S/SanBernMts.html   (171 words)

  
 SoCalCamping.com - San Bernardino Mountains
to the geology of the San Bernardino Mountains, which are between the southern branch of the San Andreas fault on the south-southwest and the Mojave Desert on the north.
Marine effects on climate are moderate on the south-southwest side and slight on the north and east sides of the mountains.
The mountains are a horst with faults and steep escarpments on the south-southwest, east-northeast, and west-northwest sides.
www.socalcamping.com /000Sanbernardino/geology.html   (390 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > State -- Book mapping fire danger in San Bernardino Mountains remains secret
SAN BERNARDINO – Officials have refused to release a detailed book identifying San Bernardino Mountains neighborhoods most threatened by wildfire, saying it could be used by terrorists or arsonists as a target manual.
It was supplied to the San Bernardino Sun by a local resident and described in Saturday editions.
Thom Wellman, county fire chief for the mountain division, said a group of fire agencies was working to produce more copies of the book and reduce its $65 cost.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/state/20050619-1234-ca-mountainfireplan.html   (357 words)

  
 San Bernadino Mountains
The San Gorgonio Wilderness is the climax region of the San Bernardino Mountains in Southern California.
San Gorgonio (Old Grayback) at 11,499' is the highest peak between the Sierra Nevada mountain range and the Mexican border.
The Vivian Creek Trail is the shortest and the steepest route to the summit of Mt. San Gorgonio.
www.etreking.com /eTreking/Pages/SanBernadino.html   (2174 words)

  
 EPA: Federal Register: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Five ...
bernardina (San Bernardino Mountains bladderpod), and Oxytheca parishii var.
Habitat Descriptions The San Bernardino Mountains support a wide diversity of natural habitats that are the result of their geographic position between the desert and coastal environments, geological history, elevation, varied topography, and uncommon geological substrates such as carbonate outcrops (e.g., limestone and dolomite).
The San Bernardino Mountains are also known to support one of the highest concentrations of endemic plants in the United States (Krantz 1994).
www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2002/December/Day-24/i31631.htm   (15746 words)

  
 San Bernardino Mountains. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
San Bernardino Mountains, part of the Tranverse Ranges, San Bernardino co., S Calif., extending c.60 mi/97 km E-W N of San Bernardino, continuation of San Gabriel Mts.
to W; 34°07'N 116°54'W. Notable peaks are San Bernardino Mt. (10,864 ft/3,311 m) and Mt. San Gorgonio (11,490 ft/3,502 m).
This region embraces the mt. resort and recreational areas around Gregory, Arrowhead, and Big Bear lakes, in San Bernardino Natl.
www.bartleby.com /69/92/S02892.html   (122 words)

  
 Save the Saints
The San Bernardino Mountains Land Trust has recently co-ordinated with the Trust for Public Land (TPL), the Cleveland National Forest Foundation, the Pacific Crest Trail Association, and the Wildlands Conservancy to devise a special plan to invest greater federal funding for the future of Southern California’s rare forests.
Because these facts are not widely known, the San Bernardino Mountains Land Trust has joined with others to help launch a major public campaign to publicize these facts and help to remedy the situation.
The San Bernardino Mountains Land Trust is proud to be part of this campaign, because we believe it will finally help to win the full federal support that the Southern California Forests so rightfully deserve.
www.sbmlt.com /saints.html   (608 words)

  
 San Bernardino County California Local History
These included (in broad terms) the Serrano in the mountains and high desert, the Cahuilla in the San Gorgonio Pass and San Jacinto and Santa Rosa Mountains (now mostly in Riverside County), Chemehuevi and Mojave along the Colorado River, and to a smaller extent, the Gabrielenos in the southwest area of the county.
During the 1860's, San Bernardino, and the nearby Bear and Holcomb Valleys, were a local hotbed of confederate sympathy.
Although San Bernardino County had its area cut 2 more times since it's creation (in 1872, a large portion in the north was given to Inyo County, and in 1893 the southernmost sliver was divided off to form part of Riverside County), San Bernardino County remains the largest county in the United States today.
www.usgennet.org /usa/ca/county/sanbernardino   (1244 words)

  
 CA Spotted Owl - San Bernadino   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The study area is 1890 km2 in the San Bernardino Mountains and encompasses the entire mountain range, home to the largest island population of California Spotted Owls in southern California.
Research - What We Do The San Bernardino Mountain's Spotted Owl Project was established in 1987 as a broad-based study investigating the ecology of the Spotted Owl in the San Bernardino Mountains and the southern California region.
Spatial habitat characteristics of an insular spotted owl population in the San Bernardino Mountains in southern California.
www.fw.umn.edu /Research/Owls/Cal_owl_SanBern.htm   (747 words)

  
 San Bernardino --  Encyclopædia Britannica
central city of the San Bernardino–Riverside–Ontario metropolitan complex, seat (1853) of San Bernardino county, southern California, U.S. Located east of Los Angeles, the city lies at the base of the San Bernardino Mountains.
San Jacinto Peak (10,804 feet [3,293 m]) is the highest point; the city of Palm Springs lies at its eastern base.
In 1851 the Mormons founded San Bernardino in the nearby mountains, where wheat was planted and grapes raised.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9065269?tocId=9065269   (999 words)

  
 SummitPost.org - San Bernardino East Peak Climbing Information
San Bernardino East Peak is located within the San Gorgonio Wilderness on the western end of the San Bernardino Mountains.
It is the second peak, in a series of peaks, that lie west to east on the San Bernardino crest/ridge, starting with San Bernardino Peak and ending with Mt.
Cantact the San Bernardino National Forest, San Gorgonio Ranger District, 34701 Mill Creek Rd., Mentone, CA 92359 (909) 794-1123 or fax (909) 794-1125
www.summitpost.org /show/mountain_link.pl/mountain_id/599   (566 words)

  
 San bernardino Mountains
The San Bernardino Mountains are located in Southern California.
The mountain range is a vacation getaway, conveniently adjacent to 10% of our country's population.
San Gorgonio Mountain contains a wilderness area that is well worth the trouble of getting a permit to visit.
www.bigbear.us /san-bernardino-mountains.html   (93 words)

  
 Area List, Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Mesquite Mountains, On the ridge east of Winters Pass, approximately 1000 m from Kingston Road.
Mesquite Mountains, On the ridge east of Winters Pass, approximately 200 m from Kingston Road.
Mesquite Mountains, On the ridge east of Winters Pass, approximately 900 m from Kingston Road.
www.schweich.com /arealistdetCAMesquiteMtns.html   (1748 words)

  
 25/10/2003 -- Wildfire rips through San Bernardino Mountains, thousands ordered to flee
The fire threatened more than 1,000 homes, and thousands of people in San Bernardino and the community of Crestline were ordered evacuated to the local airport.
San Bernardino County officials have asked the governor to declare a state of emergency and requested state fire aid to get more firefighters.
Since it began Tuesday, the fire in the foothills of San Bernardino County has damaged or destroyed six homes and an outbuilding, said Jim Wright, fire chief for the California Department of Forestry.
forests.org /articles/reader.asp?linkid=26582   (1260 words)

  
 BBVHS - Area History - The San Bernardino Mountains   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The San Bernardino Mountains are the highest range south of the Sierra Nevadas, and are also unique in being one of the few transverse ranges in the nation.
Proclaimed a "Forest Reserve" on February 25, 1893, these mountains were redesignated as the San Bernardino National Forest by presidential proclamation in 1925.
The San Gorgonio Wilderness runs along the southern spine of this mountain range, and consists of 33,898 extremely rugged acres.
www.bigbearhistory.org /sbdomtns.htm   (301 words)

  
 California State University, San Bernardino - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
View of campus with San Bernardino Mountains on the background.
California State University, San Bernardino is a state-funded university in San Bernardino, California, part of the California State University System.
CSUSB's extension campus in Palm Desert is notable for having been built entirely with private funds.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/California_State_University_San_Bernardino   (179 words)

  
 San Bernardino National Forest Vacation Adventure - California Travel Guide -San Bernardino Vacation Museum Ski Resort ...
Elevations range from 1,000 feet to Mount San Gorgonio - 11,502 ft. The forest lands are found in two major sections; one covering the San Bernardino Mountains (north of I-10) and the other covering the San Jacinto mountains (south of I-10).
There are six major ski resort areas operating in the San Bernardino Mountains, less than one hour away from the greater metropolitan area.
And during the off-season, these mountain areas are also a great place to visit to enjoy suberb scenic vistas.
www.maintour.com /socal/bernnf.htm   (902 words)

  
 Early Cambrian Articulate Brachiopods from the Marble Mountains, San Bernardino County, California
UCR 10: opposite side of ridge from old quarry in the southern end of Marble Mountains; 125 m west and 650 m south of northeast corner of section 11, T. 14 E., Danby 15' quadrangle (1956 edition); same as locality M-5 of Hazzard (1933).
UCR 7307: at elevation of 384 m on east slope of first hill north of hill 1645 in southern end of Marble Mountains; 270 m west and 240 m south of the northeast corner of section 11, T. 14 E., Danby 15' quad.
UCR 7527: at elevation of 372 m in bottom of deep, narrow gully on east flank of hill 1645 in southern end of Marble Mountains; 240 m west and 480 m south of northeast corner of section 11, T. 14 E., Danby 15' quad.
members.cox.net /jdmount/cambrach1.html   (1737 words)

  
 SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS SNOWSHOE HIKE
Mount San Gorgonio loomed to the south, cloaked in a majestic mantle of fresh snow.
Here we took in the sweeping vista of Mount San Gorgonio, as we settled into a comfortable spot to relax and to enjoy lunch and good conversation.
Very few flatlanders venture deep into the mountains in winter, and the result is a kind of serenity that is increasingly hard to find in Southern California.
www.greatoutdoors.org /oclb/skiing/recent/sanbernadinosnowshoe   (915 words)

  
 San Bernardino Mountains on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
San Bernardino, Calif., agency sees study as a waste, impossible.
LAKE ARROWHEAD, CA -- Fog and rain in the San Bernardino Mountains help firefighters in their battle with the Old Fire on Thursday, October 30, 2003.
The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians and Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians Open New Hotel in Washington, D.C. First Mountain Bank Announces First Quarter Results.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/S/SanB1ernM1ts.asp   (372 words)

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