Sierra Club, Angeles Chapter
Desert Peaks Section

DPS PEAKS LIST
APRIL 1990

Supersedes the edition dated August 1 988. There are 97 peaks on the List.
Price: 50 cents
CHANGES
  • Adds one peak: Canyon Pt (2.22).
  • Recognizes newly released 7 1/2' maps.
  • Corrects typographic errors.
  • Adds an alphabetical index of peaks.
INDEX
Arc Dome -- 6.3
Argus Peak -- 1.14
Avawatz Mtn -- 3.1
Baboquivari Peak -- 8.9
Big Maria Mts -- 4.12
Black Butte - 4.7
Boundary Peak -- 1.3
Brown Peak -- 2.18
Canyon Pt. -- 2.22
Castle Dome Peak -- 8.6
Cerro Pescadores -- 9.1
Cerro Pinacate -- 9.4
CHARLESTON PK -- 6.7
Chemehuevi Peak -- 3.13
Chuckwalla Mts -- 4.8
Clark Mtn -- 3.3
Corkscrew Peak -- 2.14
Dry Mtn -- 2.3
Eagle Mtn #2 -- 2.17
Eagle Mts #1 -- 4.5
East Ord Mtn -- 3.9
Edgar Peak -- 3.7
EL PICACHO del D. -- 9.3
Glass Mtn Ridge -- 1.2
Granite Mts #1 -- 3.8
Granite Mts #2 - 4.1
Grapevine Peak -- 2.12
Hayford Peak -- 6.5
Humphreys Peak -- 8.2
Indianhead -- 5.1
Jacumba Mtn -- 5.3
Keynot Peak - 1.9
Kingston Peak -- 3.2
Kino Peak -- 8.7
Last Chance Mtn -- 2.1
Manly Peak -- 2.1
Martinez Mtn -- 4.1
Maturango Peak -- 1.13
McCullough Mtn -- 6.1
Mitchell Pt -- 3.6
Moapa Peak -- 6.12
MONTGOMERY PK. -- 1.4
Mopah Pt -- 3.15
Mt Ajo -- 8.8
Mt Dubois -- 1.5
MT INYO-- 1.8
Mt Jefferson -- 6.4
Mt Palmer -- 2.13
Mt Patterson -- 1.1
Mt Stirling -- 6.6
Mt Tipton -- 8.1
Mummy Mm -- 6.8
Navajo Mtn -- 7.3
Needle Peak -- 2.11
Nelson Range -- 1.12
New York Butte -- 1.1
New York Mtn -- 3.4
Nopah Range -- 2.21
N Guardian Angel -- 7.1
Old Dad Mtn -- 3.5
Old Woman Mtn -- 3.1
Orocopia Mtn -- 4.6
Pahrump Pt -- 2.2
Palen Mts -- 4.11
Panamint Butte -- 2.5
Picacho Peak -- 5.4
Pico Risco. -- 9.2
Pinto Mtn -- 4.4
Pleasant Pt -- 1.11
Porter Peak -- 2.9
Potosi Mtn -- 6.9
Pyramid Peak -- 2.15
RABBIT PEAK -- 4.2
Rosa Pt -- 4.3
Ruby Dome -- 6.1
Sandy Pt -- 2.2
Sentinel Peak -- 2.8
Sheephole Mts -- 3.11
SIGNAL PEAK -- 8.5
Smith Mtn -- 2.16
Sombrero Peak -- 5.2
S Guardian Angel -- 7.2
Spectre Pt -- 4.9
Spirit Mtn -- 6.11
Stepladder Mtn -- 3.12
Stewart Pt -- 2.19
Superstition Mts -- 8.3
TELESCOPE PK. -- 2.7
Tin Mtn -- 2.4
Tucki Mtn -- 2.6
Turtle Mts -- 3.14
Virgin Peak -- 6.13
Waucoba Mtn -- 1.7
Weavers Needle -- 8.4
Wheeler Peak -- 6.2
Whipple Mts -- 3.16
White Mtn Peak -- 1.6

MEMBERSHIP
Membership in the DPS is available to Sierra Club members who have climbed any six peaks on the Peaks List. A letter listing the peaks climbed and the dates, the applicant's Sierra Club membership number and the subscription fee for the DPS newsletter, The Desert Sage, should be sent to the DPS secretary. Emblem status is awarded to DPS members who have been members for one year, who have climbed 15 of the listed peaks, including five of the seven emblem peaks and who send a letter listing the peaks and dates climbed to the section secretary. Recognition is also given to completion of the list. Emblem and list completion pins are available.

CLIMBING DIFFICULTY
The climbing class indicates the difficulty of the most usual route. The classes are:
  1. Hands in pockets hiking on trails or easy cross country.
  2. Rough cross country travel - boulder hopping and use of hands for balance.
  3. Handholds are necessary for climbing - some people may ask for belays.
  4. More difficult climbing with considerable exposure - ropes are used.
  5. Technical rock climbing. 6 Rock climbing with artificial aid.

PEAK GUIDES
The DPS publishes a guide for each peak that gives information on access roads and climbing routes. For availability information, refer to the DPS newsletter, The Desert Sage.
 
 
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