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Mount Pinos (/ ˈ p aɪ n oʊ s /) (Samala: 'Iwɨhɨnmu) is a mountain located in the Los Padres National Forest on the boundary between Ventura and Kern counties in California. The summit, at 8,847 feet (2,697 m), is the highest point in Ventura County. [ 2 ]
Major trailheads into the wilderness can be found at Mount Pinos as well as Cerro Noroeste/Mount Abel. From the Mount Pinos parking area, the wilderness trailhead is approximately 2 miles (3 km) along a dirt road with a locked gate. Vegetation within the wilderness includes chaparral at lower elevations, and conifers at higher elevations. Some ...
Many vegetation types are represented in the Los Padres, including chaparral, the common ground cover of most coastal ranges in California below about 5,000 feet (1,500 m), and coniferous forests, which can be found in abundance in the Ventana Wilderness as well as the region around Mount Pinos in northern Ventura County.
View northeast from near Pine Mountain Summit on SR 33, the highest elevation on the route. The Lockwood Valley and Mount Pinos are in the distance. SR 33 heading south through Kern County A foggy winter day looking northbound south of Brown Material Road near Blackwells Corner. State Route 33 begins in Ventura as a short freeway ("Ojai Freeway").
The wilderness area is primarily located within the Ojai and Mt. Pinos ranger districts of the LPNF. The wilderness was created by the U.S. Congress as part of the Los Padres Condor Range and River Protection Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-301).
Apr. 11—A disagreement about how to defend southern Kern County mountains against wildfire may spread westward to Mount Pinos. The U.S. Forest Service, still in court over its efforts to thin ...
The highest peaks in the county include Mount Pinos (8,831 ft; 2,692 m), Frazier Mountain (8,017 ft; 2,444 m), and Reyes Peak (7,525 ft; 2,294 m) in the Transverse Ranges. The uplands are well-timbered with coniferous forests, and receive plentiful snow in the winter. Mount Pinos is sacred to the Chumash Indians.
Mount Pinos is the highest peak in the area at 8,831 ft (2,692 m). ... Frazier Park has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps. [9]