Mt. Pinos, CA

Nov 3rd, 2002 (Sun)


Photos from Mt. Pinos, the highest point in Ventura County, CA. This was done in conjunction with Sawmill Mountain, the highest point in Kern County.

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After the gruelling Death Valley Double, I made a detour to Ventura and Kern counties to do some summit bagging. Here is the start of the trail to Mt. Pinos.

One mile into the trail. As you can see by the treadmarks, this area is pretty popular with mountain bikers.

An old observation tower near the summit of Mt. Pinos. It used to be used to watch for condors, until condors were on the brink of extinction. A number of years ago the last condor was caught and bred in a successful-but-controversial program; there are now about 100 condors.

These are some of the north-easterly views from the observation tower.

Another view from the observation tower.

That's me sitting around. I was actually much happier than I looked; it was very peaceful up here.

Due to the large number of photos, only the first 6 are shown. View photo album or slideshow.

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