Mount Baden-Powell (California)

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Mount Baden-Powell
Mt. Baden-Powell as seen from the Angeles Crest Highway.
Elevation	9,399 feet (2,865 m)
Location	California, USA
Range	San Gabriel Mountains
Prominence	2,799 ft/853 m
Coordinates	34°22′31″N, 117°45′49″W
Topo map	USGS Crystal Lake
First ascent	1933. Weldon Heald.
Easiest route	hike

Park service trail connecting Mt. Burnham to Mt. Baden-Powell

Mount Baden-Powell is a peak in the San Gabriel Mountains of California named for the famous English Lord Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the World Scouting Movement. Mount Baden Powell was officially recognized by the USGS at a dedication ceremony in 1931.^[1] Its first designation was East Twin or North Baldy named by C. F. Saunders in 1923.

At 9,399 feet 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. The summit has long been a favorite of hiking excursions either from the Mt. Islip Saddle near Little Jimmy Trail Camp, or the Vincent Gap Trail which leads up a moderate to strenuous set of swithchbacks from Wrightwood. Mt. Baden-Powell is also the high pont along the historic 53-mile Boy Scout hiking trail, The Silver Moccasin Trail, that connects to this summit to Mount Burnham (less than 1-mile away), Throop Peak and Mount Hawkins.

The Vincent Gap hike leads through a variety of forested areas consisting of Jeffrey Pines, Ponderosas, Lodgeoles, Cedars, and an ancient forest of Limber Pines, some noted to be as old as 2,000 years.

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.