The moment you step from your vehicle onto the desert firmament,
you exit the modern world of convenience and luxury and enter an ancient place
of eternal moments, encapsulating and, at rare times, entombing that which strays within.
– Edmund Benti - from his forward to Andy Zdon’s Desert Summits |
Classic Desert Peaks
– Alphabetized by peak name |
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Baboquivari in southern Arizona (7,734’) |
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Currant Mountain in eastern Nevada (11,513’) |
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Dos Cabezas in southern Arizona (8,357’) |
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Elephant Head in southern Arizona (5,641’) |
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Elephant Tusk in Big Bend National Park, Texas (5,249’) |
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Guardian Angels in Zion National Park, Utah |
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Mexican Classics
Teyotl, Ajusco, Telapon, Tlaloc, Malinche, Cofre, Sierra Negra, Toluca |
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Pico Risco in northern Baja California, Mexico (4,987’) |
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Southern California Classics
Pescadores, Jacumba, Black Butte, Rabbit, Santa Rosa, Chuckwalla,
Big Maria |
