Madulce Peak

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Madulce Peak
1963 - Hikers heading to Malduce Peak in Dick Smith Wilderness.jpg
Hikers en route to Madulce Peak in 1963. Madulce Peak is the highest point on the left.
Highest point
Elevation 6,539 ft (1,993 m) NAVD 88 [1]
Prominence 896 ft (273 m) [1]
Listing Hundred Peaks Section [2]
Coordinates 34°41′27″N119°35′28″W / 34.690957°N 119.591151°W / 34.690957; -119.591151 [3]
Geography
Madulce Peak
Location Santa Barbara County, California, U.S.
Parent range San Rafael Mountains
Topo map USGS Madulce Peak
Climbing
Easiest route Hike, Madulce Peak Trail [2]

Madulce Peak is a mountain located in the San Rafael Mountains, in the Transverse Ranges. It is the highest point of the Dick Smith Wilderness. The summit contains an old fire lookout that was constructed in the 1930s, but was burned down in the 1970s. [4]

Name

The mountain was originally named Strawberry Peak by surveyors. Over the years, the name "Madulce" was gradually adopted. The Board on Geographic Names originally believed that "madulce" was the Spanish word for "strawberry". Etymological work done by the United States Forest Service ascertained that the word is actually local farmhand slang for "strawberry", from the Catalan word "maduixa". [3] [5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Madulce Peak, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Madulce Mountain". Hundred Peaks Section List. Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club . Retrieved September 22, 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Madulce Peak". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved September 22, 2014.
  4. ↑ Carey, Craig (2012). Hiking & backpacking Santa Barbara and Ventura : a complete guide to the trails of the southern Los Padres National Forest. Birmingham, Alabama: Wilderness Press. p. 201. ISBN   0-89997-635-2.
  5. ↑ Draft of a report oh the Madulce Guard Station prepared for the Los Padres National Forest, July, 1978


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