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Hike · San Gorgonio Mountain trailhead

San Gorgonio Mountain

Distance
0.4 mi
Vertical
3,399 ft
Summit
11,476 ft
Difficulty
Moderate

San Gorgonio Mountain — Old Greyback to the locals — is the highest peak in Southern California and the entire Transverse Ranges at 11,503 feet, named by Spanish missionaries in the early 17th century for Saint Gorgonius. The mountain sits inside the San Gorgonio Wilderness,…

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About San Gorgonio Mountain

San Gorgonio Mountain, also known locally as Mount San Gorgonio, or Old Greyback, is the highest peak in Southern California and the Transverse Ranges at 11,503 feet (3,506 m).

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Aerial view of San Gorgonio Mountain, the broad summit plateau and dissected canyons of its south face.
Doc Searls · CC BY-SA 2.0
Snow-capped San Gorgonio rising above the high desert, framed by yucca and rocky outcrops near Joshua Tree.
National Park Service / Preston Jordan Jr. · Public domain
Banner cloud forming over a fresh-snow San Gorgonio, viewed from Poopout Hill on the South Fork approach.
Randy McEoin · CC BY 2.0
San Gorgonio from State Route 243 near Banning, the white winter crest above chaparral foothills.
Seauton · CC BY-SA 4.0

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