Mount Baden-Powell

Mount Baden-Powell
Mount Baden-Powell as seen from Angeles Crest Highway.
Elevation	9,407 ft (2,867 m) NAVD 88[1]
Prominence	2,799 ft (853 m) [2]
Parent peak	Mount San Antonio [3]
Listing	Sierra Club HPS peak [4]
Location
Location	Los Angeles County, California, USA
Range	San Gabriel Mountains
Coordinates	34°21′30″N 117°45′53″W / 34.358441036°N 117.764615353°W / 34.358441036; -117.764615353Coordinates: 34°21′30″N 117°45′53″W / 34.358441036°N 117.764615353°W / 34.358441036; -117.764615353[1]
Topo map	USGS Crystal Lake
Climbing
First ascent	1933 by Weldon Heald.
Easiest route	Hike

Mount Baden-Powell is a peak in the San Gabriel Mountains of California named for the founder of the World Scouting Movement, Lord Baden-Powell. It was officially recognized by the USGS at a dedication ceremony in 1931.^[5] It was originally known as East Twin or North Baldy.^[6]

At 9,407 feet (2,867 m) in elevation, Mount Baden-Powell is the 4th highest peak of the San Gabriel Range, Mount San Antonio or "Old Baldy" being the highest at 10,064 feet (3,068 m). The summit has long been a favorite hiking excursion either from the Mount Islip Saddle near Little Jimmy Trail Camp, or the Vincent Gap Trail which leads up a moderate to strenuous set of switchbacks from Wrightwood. Mount Baden-Powell is also the high point along the The Silver Moccasin Trail, a historic 53-mile (85 km) Boy Scout hiking trail, connects this summit to Mount Burnham (less than 1 mile (1.6 km) away), Throop Peak and Mount Hawkins.

The Vincent Gap hike leads through a variety of forested areas consisting of Jeffrey Pine, Ponderosa Pine, Lodgepole Pine, Incense-cedar, and an ancient forest of Limber Pine some of which are more than 2,000 years old.

In 1957 several Southern California councils of the Boy Scouts of America placed a formal marker at the summit with a plaque dedicated to Lord Baden-Powell.

Trail connecting Mt. Burnham to Mt. Baden-Powell

See also

• Baden-Powell Peak

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Mt. Baden Powell". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=EV4122. Retrieved 2008-12-03. 
2. ^ "Mount Baden-Powell, California". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=1312. Retrieved 2008-12-03. 
3. ^ "California P 2,000 summits". Peaklist.org. http://www.peaklist.org/USlists/CAP2000.html. Retrieved 2009-01-25. 
4. ^ "Mount Baden-Powell". Hundred Peaks Section List. Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. http://angeles.sierraclub.org/hps/guides/14I.htm. 
5. ^ Burnham, Frederick; Mary Nixon Everett (1944). Taking Chances. Haynes Corporation. xxv-xxix. OCLC 2785490. 
6. ^ "Summit Signatures, Mount Baden-Powell". Hundred Peaks Section, Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. http://angeles.sierraclub.org/hps/signatures/14i.htm. 

External links

• "Mount Baden-Powell". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:255344. Retrieved 2010-05-17. 
• "Dedication of Mount Baden-Powell". Pine Tree Web. http://www.pinetreeweb.com/dedication.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-03. 
• "Mount Baden Powell near Wrightwood, CA". WrightwoodCA.com. http://www.wrightwoodca.com/wrightwood-mountains/mountain.php?view&mountain=5. Retrieved 2011-06-30. 
• "Guide to Mount Baden Powell Trail". WrightwoodCA.com. http://www.wrightwoodca.com/wrightwood-hiking/hiking-trail.php?view&trail=1. Retrieved 2011-06-30.