The San Bernardino Mountains are short transversemountain range northeast of Los Angeles in southern California in the United States. The mountains run for approximately 60 mi (100 km) east-west on the southern edge of the Mojave Desert in southwestern San Bernardino County north of the city of San Bernardino. The range is separated from the San Gabriel Mountains to the west by Cajon Pass. The highest peaks in the range include San Bernardino Mountain (elevation 10,864 ft/3,311 m) and Mount San Gorgonio (elevation 11,490 ft/3,502 m), the highest peak in southern California. The shorter Little San Bernardino Mountains extend southeast from the range along the eastern side of the Coachella Valley
Most of the range is located within the San Bernardino National Forest. The San Gorgonio Wilderness is located in the southeast corner of the range. The range is the location of Big Bear Lake, Crestline and Lake Arrowhead, three popular recreational destinations in the Los Angeles area.
Rising east of Los Angeles and the San Gabriel Mountains, the SanBernardinoMountains are home to the tallest peak in Southern California, Mt. San Gorgonio (11,502'/3506m), as well as numerous hiking trails, campgrounds, off-road trails and thousands, yes thousands, of rock climbs.
The rock in the SanBernardinoMountains (SB's) is mostly granite which ranges in quality from excellent to somewhat grainy (ala Joshua Tree), with most being quite good.
Oddly, the neighboring San Jacinto Mountains (home to Tahquitz and Suicide Rock) seem to have gotten the wealth of multi-pitch crags.
The SanBernardinoMountains are a short transversemountain range northeast of Los Angeles in southern California in the United States.
The mountains run for approximately 60 mi (100 km) east-west on the southern edge of the Mojave Desert in southwestern SanBernardino County north of the city of SanBernardino.
The range is separated from the San Gabriel Mountains to the west by Cajon Pass.
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