Mount Baden-Powell
Mount Baden-Powell er en bjergtinde i San Gabriel Mountains i Californien. Den blev opkaldt efter spejderbevægelsens stifter, lord Robert Baden-Powell, ved en officiel ceremoni i 1931, hvor B-P's ven siden boerkrigene, Frederick Russell Burnham|Burnham, holdt talen.
Bjergtinden var indtil da kendt som North Baldy eller East Twin, og en vestligere tinde på samme bjergkam er kaldt Mount Burnham efter Burnham.
At Skabelon:Convert 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 Skabelon:Convert. The summit has long been a favorite hiking excursion either from the Mount Islip Saddle near Little Jimmy Trail Camp, or the Vincent Gap Trail which leads up a moderate to strenuous set of switchbacks from Wrightwood. Mount Baden-Powell is also the high point along the The Silver Moccasin Trail, a historic Skabelon:Convert Boy Scout hiking trail, connects this summit to Mount Burnham (less than 1,5 km away), Throop Peak and Mount Hawkins.
The Vincent Gap hike leads through a variety of forested areas consisting of Jeffrey Pine, Ponderosa Pine, Lodgepole Pine, Incense-cedar, and an ancient forest of Limber Pine some of which are more than 2,000 years old.
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.
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References
Talen, Frederick Russell Burnham holdt ved højtideligheden
External links
- Skabelon:Cite gnis
- Dedication of Mount Baden-Powell. Pine Tree Web. http://www.pinetreeweb.com/dedication.htm. Hentet 2008-12-03.
- Mount Baden Powell. http://digital-desert.com/a/baden-powell/.
- Mount Baden Powell near Wrightwood, CA. WrightwoodCA.com. http://www.wrightwoodca.com/wrightwood-mountains/mountain.php?view&mountain=5. Hentet 2011-06-30.
- Guide to Mount Baden Powell Trail. WrightwoodCA.com. http://www.wrightwoodca.com/wrightwood-hiking/hiking-trail.php?view&trail=1. Hentet 2011-06-30.