Asbestos Mountain
Cone Peak
Palm View Peak
Pyramid Peak
Pine Mountain
Lion Peak
Ken Point
Butterfly Peak

Sat, Apr 18, 2009

With: Tom Becht

 Etymology
Asbestos Mountain
Cone Peak
Palm View Peak
Pyramid Peak
Pine Mountain
Lion Peak
Ken Point
Butterfly Peak
 Story Photos / Slideshow Maps: 1 2 3 Profiles: 1 2

Asbestos Mountain (5,265 ft.)

"Named for the large asbestos deposits in the San Jacinto Mountains that were first mined as early as 1888 by the John D. Hoff Co. The unusual effects of nearby 'Asbastos [sic] Camp Spring' were noted in the San Jacinto Searchlight (1894): 'Its use generally blanches the face of the workmen to a ghastly pallor, and produces peculiar effects in other ways to the human frame'.

Peak was on the original 1946 HPS Peak List."

- HPS Summit Signatures

More of Bob's Trip Reports

For more information see these SummitPost pages: Asbestos Mountain - Cone Peak - Palm View Peak - Pyramid Peak - Pine Mountain - Lion Peak - Ken Point - Butterfly Peak

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