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Originally Posted by LosAngelesSportsFan
I've been to the top of San Gorgonio (tallest peak in the LA area at 11503 feet) and under the right conditions you can see the southern Sierra and Mexico from up there apparently. Incredible hike and such a beautiful place
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A neat oddity is that San Gorgonio is taller, but San Jacinto has the higher prominence. That's due to the key col (highest pass to higher ground) for San Gorgonio being 3,205' Soledad Pass south of Palmdale, while San Jacinto's key col is (not surprisingly) San Gorgonio Pass at 2,520'.
The deeper pass for San Jacinto makes up for the shorter mountain.