QUALIFYING PEAKS OF THE DESERT PEAKS SECTION, ANGELES CHAPTER, SIERRA CLUB
(Total of 66, revised to July, 1965)

Peaks are arranged geographically, generally North to South, West to East. Number after elevation refers to class of climb via easiest route. EMBLEM PEAKS ARE CAPITALIZED.

TRAN-SIERRA RANGES

Glass Range
  Glass Mtn. 11,127 (1)
White Range
  Boundary Pk. 13,145 (1)
  MT. MONTGOMERY 13,465 (2)
  Mt. Dubois 13,545 (1)
  White Mtn. 14,242 (1)
Inyo Range
  Waucoba Mtn. 11,123 (1)
  MT. INYO 11,107 (2)
  Keynot Pk. 11,101 (1)
  New York Butte 10,688 (1)
  Pleasant Mtn. 9,690 (1)
Nelson, Coso & Argus Ranges
  Nelson Mtn. 7,701 (1)
  Coso Pk. 8,165 (1)
  Maturango Pk. 8,839 (1)
  Argus Pk. (2)

DEATH VALLEY RANGES

Last Chance & Panamint Ranges
  Dry Mtn. 8,674 (1)
  Tin Mtn. 8,953 (1)
  TELESCOPE PK. 11,049 (1)
  Sentinel Pk. 9,636 (1)
  Manly Pk. 7,196 (3)
Grapevine, Funeral & Black Ranges
  Grapevine Pk. 8,738 (1)
  Pyramid Pk. 6,703 (2)
  Smith Mtn. 5,950 (1)
  Eagle Pk. #2 3,806 (2)
Avawatz Range
  Avawatz Mtn. 6,154 (1)

MOJAVE & COLORADO DESERTS

Nopah, Kingston & Clark Ranges
  Pahrump Pk. 5,740 (2)
  Nopah Pk. 6,394 (1)
  Kingston Pk. 7,323 (2)
  Clark Mtn. 7,929 (2)
Old Dad, New York, Providence, Marble & Granite Ranges
  Old Dad Mtn. 4,250 (2)
  New York Mtn. 7,532 (3)
  Providence Mtn. 7,171 (2)
  Granite Mtn. #1 6,786 (2)
  Marble Mtn. 4,313 (1)

Old Woman, Turtle, Mopah & Whipple Ranges
  Old Woman Mtn. 5,326 (2)
  Nopah Pk. 3,514 (3)
  Turtle Mtn. 3,900+ (1)
  Whipple Mtn. 4,131 (1)
Sheephole, Coxcomb, Pinto & Eagle Ranges
  Sheephole Mtn. 4,613 (2)
  Spectre Pk. 4,430+ (2)
  Pinto Pk. 3,982 (1)
  Eagle Mtn. #1 5,347 (1)
Granite, Palen & Big Maria Ranges
  Granite Mtn. #2 4,353 (2)
  Palen Mtn. 3,851 (2)
  Big Maria Mtn. 3,350+ (2)
Santa Rosa Range
  Martinez Pk. 6,582 (2)
  RABBIT PK. 6,623 (2)
Anza Borrego State Park
  Jacumba Mtn. 4,512 (1)
Orocopia, Chuckawalla & Chocolate Ranges
  Orocopia Pk. 3,815 (2)
  Chuckawalla Pk. 3,448 (2)
  Picacho Pk. 1,947 (6)

CENTRAL & EASTERN NEVADA

Toiyabe Range
  Arc Dome 11,775 (1)
Toquima Range
  Mt. Jefferson 11,807 (1) Snake Range
  Wheeler Pk. 13,063 (1)
SOUTHERN NEVADA RANGES

Spring Range
  Mt. Stirling 8,183 (1)
  Charleston Pk. 11,918 (1)
  Potosi Pk. 8,512 (1)
Sheep Range
  Hayford Pk. 9,912 (1)
Newberry Range
  Spirit Mtn. 5,639 (3)

ARIZONA RANGES
Kofa & Castle Dome Ranges
  KOFA PK. 4,828 (2)
  Castle Dome 3,793 (3)

San Francisco & Navajo Ranges   Mt. Humphreys 12,611 (1)
  Navajo Mtn. 10,416 (1)
  Baboquivari Pk. 7,730 (3)

MEXICO RANGES

Sierra Juarez
  Risco Pk. 4,500 (3)
Sierra San Pedro Martir
  Cerro de la Encantada (also
  called BIG PICACHO 10,126(3)
  (given emblem status in 1965)
Sierra Pinacate
  Cerro Pinacate 4,235 (1)


Any member of the Sierra Club is eligible for Desert Peaks Section membership upon climbing any six of the qualifying peaks on this list. For emblem status, five of the six emblem peaks plus 10 other qualifying peaks must be climbed. Application should be made to Secretary of the DPS, listing peaks and dates of climbs.
 
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