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[i wasn't sure if this goes here or in Outdoors]
i walked the length of that ridge this morning, starting out around 4:30am. i didn't think my various injuries would allow me to, but it was a fine hike, with the Sliver Moon rising and the quiet mountain village below. i found this sign decomposing into the ground:
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it frustrates me that this ridge has no official name--how can i refer to it? so i've downloaded a Domestic Geographic Name Report from the USGS. i'm not sure what name i should propose--here's where i could use your help (esp. from local old-timers). left to my own devices, i'd propose:
1. Swarthout Ridge
2. Wildcat (or Puma, Catamount, Mtn. Lion, etc.) Ridge
3. Granite Ridge
4. Wrightwood Ridge
i also need three "Authorities for Recommended Name" with your address, phone number, occupation and # of years lived in area. "authorities" doesn't mean that you are officially an "important" person.
let me know if you are interested in being on the application and feel free to suggest serious name suggestions!
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[i wasn't sure if this goes here or in Outdoors]
i walked the length of that ridge this morning, starting out around 4:30am.
4:30am.....
Did you say AM???? ;)
Good idea on naming the ridge. Heck, I didn't know there were still "un-named" ridges.
I'm curious. I couldn't read some of words on that sign. What did the entire sign appear to say? I see "Wrightwood", and SB county, and what appeared to be an elevation.
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Surfer Dude Ridge of course....
I can get the authorities with a few beers at the Raccoon Saloon.
J/K storm, however I do like storm ridge.
Also Funkygorilla Ridge has a certain ring to it.
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Also Funkygorilla ridge has a certain ring to it.
Yup it does... or just funky ridge will do ;D
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i've been sick for the past month, so i'm trying different things to see what cures me (or ails me more). i wanted to get my internal workings moving along, so after getting up around 1:30 this morning due to too much congestion and coughing, i hiked up to the base of the landslide. then, being bored but not wanting to do anything, i decided to hike that ridge--i'd only been up there once before.
i'd heard that there were some recent mountain lion sightings up behind Jensens, so i wanted to go up before sunrise so that i might be up there at dawn, when i think mtn. lions are active. a friend also gave me directions to where there might be an outcropping of biotite (black) mica sheets--about as large and as thin as regular sheets of paper. but i didn't find either of these natural wonders. there is an amazing lack of trash up there.
the sign might read:
WRIGHTWOOD
[Wildlife?]Project in Cooperation
with San Bernardino County
Elevation 7620
San Bernardino ________
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storm,
you are just a really cool person.
I agree, Storm Ridge works for me!
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I second the motion, "STORM RIDGE"!!!
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oh, jesus...
;)
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No, "Storm Ridge". Why not. It catches the first of the storms coming from the north and attracts a ton of lightning. Storm Ridge is a great name.
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I third that motion.... So "Storm Ridge" it is :2thumbsup:
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STORM RIDGE it rocks.
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here are the ones i like the most thus far--with input from others (i knocked a few off--but still let me know what you think):
Hornblende Ridge (speaks to a black mineral you can find up there, sometimes in abundance)
Pinyon Ridge (Pinyon Pines are up there--some look VERY old)
Storm Ridge (for the weather events)
Wrightwood Ridge (this would be very appropriate, given it's location)
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Storm Ridge gets my vote.
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I vote Storm Ridge
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yes Storm Ridge.
i've seen that sign up there too, also a broken whisky bottle under a pinon pine, dated 1954.
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Wrightwood Ridge....it's more geographically specific.
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I vote for Storm Ridge. It has a nice soulful ring to it.
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I vote for Storm Ridge. It has a nice soulful ring to it.
It sure does ;)
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8) It would seem "Storm Ridge" is the inevitable choice. Go for it! :thumbs:
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omg. omg. my poor lonely ridge is finenally gonna have a name. finenally! i dont care what you all name it. ive been living in a nameless place for so long that i will be happy to have a name other than the ridge. its going to be so nice to finenally be somebody! thank you thank you everyone. i think i am gonna go have a good long cry now. sigh. pm if you like.
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I like Storm Ridge!
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i guess Lonely Ridge would deter some people from going up there--less people to bother you!
i didn't mean to expose a private sanctuary, Lonelyguy... ;)
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I have hiked this ridge several times from the end of the road at Table Mountain all the way down to Sheep Creek. I also was part of a firefighting effort that stopped the "Scout Fire" along this ridge back in the early nineties. The downed signs and broken whisky bottles where there when I first fought fire on that ridge a long time ago and I am glad to here that they still remain so today. I always refered to this ridge as the Swarthout Ridge being named after our Valley and I thing this would be a good name for it officially.
Swarthout Ridge
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Storm Ridge does sound nice but it really doesn't describe that ridge line. If it was called Storm Ridge people would automatically associate the area with storms and that just isn't true - most of the time. (sorry storm as it would be neat to have named after you but it really wouldn't be Wright ;)
Swarthout Ridge much better describes the northern ridge line of the Swarthout Valley.
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"Serious" names only? Criminy, arent there a lot of places that dont have serious names? BTW, what did the sign say? I, too, couldnt read a good part of it. Perhaps the sign should be moved to the museum.
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A woman has a right to change her mind...so I'm withdrawing my vote for Storm, even though it's a nice name, and going with Swarthout which seems logical. ::)
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Are there lots of rocks on that ridge? What about Rocky Ridge? If there is a road that leads up to it, we could call it Rocky Road. :D
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Are there lots of rocks on that ridge? What about Rocky Ridge? If there is a road that leads up to it, we could call it Rocky Road. :D
Then lonelyguy would get excited... and we don't want that no do we ;D
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I personally like Storm Ridge - but mainly because it's Storm who is submitting the name, not because of storms, but I admit that that could be confusing. As to Swarthout - how is that pronounced? Swarth-out, Swart-hout, or Swar-thout - or none of the above? I've never known and always wondered.
A woman has a right to change her mind...so I'm withdrawing my vote for Storm, even though it's a nice name, and going with Swarthout which seems logical. ::)
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What the heck is a Swarthout?
And don't we have enough of those already... ;D
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I tend to agree with you on this one Surfer_Dude. That is the ridge that I see everyday, out my window, while sitting at my computer. I most associate it with watching the shadow of the setting sun move slowly up to its peak. I was thinking "Sun Shadow Ridge", "Shadow Ridge" or "Penumbra Ridge".
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I tend to agree with you on this one Surfer_Dude. That is the ridge that I see everyday, out my window, while sitting at my computer. I most associate it with watching the shadow of the setting sun move slowly up to its peak. I was thinking "Sun Shadow Ridge", "Shadow Ridge" or "Penumbra Ridge".
Sun Shadow Ridge now that is a cool sounding name for the ridge.
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San Andreas Ridge
Nameless Ridge
Table Ridge
Hmmm.... :eyebrows:
I've also hiked that ridge end to end. Lots of pinons. Lots of gnats in the summer.
Gnat Ridge. That has some kind of ring to it.
I like Swarthout Ridge.
(Then let's add "Nolena Knoll" on one of the prominant rises. ;D )
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The only name I've ever heard it referred to is Table Mountain Ridge. Other than that it's the ridge on the north side of town.
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Table Mountain Ridge
Wrightwood Ridge
Swarthout Ridge
those are probably the ones i like the most, in that order...
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Table Mountain Ridge is quite descriptive of the location.
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Old time Forest Service folks have always refered to the ridge as East Table Mountain which to me never did sound like a proper name. It is important to remember that once you give a ridge an official name it will be called that forever. Since this ridge currently does not have an official name registered with the USGS I think we should be very careful on selecting a proper name. Since storm came up with this idea many people want to name the ridge after him which would be a nice accolade for him but I really do not like the sound of Storm Ridge. It reminds me to much of Storm King Mountain where 14 firefighters were killed in the line of duty fighting a wildfire in Colorado. So I have a couple of ideas, What is Storms real name? Maybe we could name it after him using his real name. Or how about "Sumner Ridge" named after Sumner Wright the founder of our village. Perhaps Storm can gather up all of the suggested names for the ridge and have a poll on this web site where the community could vote and everyone can put in their opinion.
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Lets not wrap the name selection quickly, maybe one on of us will have an epiphany.
Epiphany Ridge
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I couldn't agree more and don't think Table Mtn Ridge is right either - plus there's the large saddle where the natural gas line enters the valley and that separates the ridge from Table Mtn.
I'm sure Nolena would like to include some derivative of (natural) gas in the name ;)
storm is his real and complete name :thumbs:
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I've got two ideas:
Ruffles - because Ruffles have ridges :2thumbsup:
iRidge - the all new iRidge! It holds 1000 hikers!
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Ipod, Itunes, Iphone, Imac, and Iridge are all for Itards ;D
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no name or noname ridge
deswood ridge - where the mojave desert meets wrightwood
orphan ridge - the ridge nobody cared enough to claim
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i'll keep taking suggestions!
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Forgotten Ridge...
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Just a thought. If it has gone on for so long without a name why not just leave it that way?
OK
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Storm Ridge
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I like Sumner Ridge.....
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Wrightwood has a point. I would get the hint that storm ridge got alot of storms or blocked storms or something...
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i wonder what the fire department (USFS) refers to it as when there's a fire on it...
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storm - Tall Tress did make mention of that in his earlier post:
I have hiked this ridge several times from the end of the road at Table Mountain all the way down to Sheep Creek. I also was part of a firefighting effort that stopped the "Scout Fire" along this ridge back in the early nineties. The downed signs and broken whisky bottles where there when I first fought fire on that ridge a long time ago and I am glad to here that they still remain so today. I always refered to this ridge as the Swarthout Ridge being named after our Valley and I thing this would be a good name for it officially.
Swarthout Ridge
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i think it should be Storm Ridge, if only because in all these years, Storm is the only one who even thought to name it.
anyway, what's blue about Blue Ridge or grassy about Grassy Hollow. and where's the hollow?
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Okay, this topic has just been brought to my attention.
My husband and many of his friends hiked that ridge back in the mid to late '60s, and at that time, everyone called it Pinon Ridge.
He doesn't remember ever seeing that on a map, but it was always called Pinon Ridge.
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another person mentioned Pinyon Ridge to me a few days ago...
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There already is a Pinyon Ridge. You can hit it from Vincent Gap on Hwy 2 or from Big Pines Hwy.
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As I was flying over the area at 52,000 ft, it looks like the first ridge that seperates the desert and the town. It also looks like the San Andreas runs beside it. How about San Andreas Ridge?
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I too like Storm Ridge. I know storm and he is a cool dude and a true nature lover. Why not name it after him?
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We can get the guy who made the Walmart sign for the coronation. ;D
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the short-list for submission:
Wrightwood Ridge
Swarthout Ridge
San Andreas Ridge
i think any previous names that folks (esp. government agencies and emergency personnel) have used for the ridge in question would have priority. too bad there's already a Pinyon Ridge...
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Richter Ridge
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where does Richter Ridge come from?
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I still like Wrightwood Ridge! 8)
Kinda rolls off the tongue ;)
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I've decided it should be called Sizemicforce Ridge. :2thumbsup:
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Faultline Ridge
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windy ridge?
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I like Swarthout Ridge.
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Okay, Okay; Sizemic Ridge. :o
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Faultline Ridge
Sounds too much like "Faultline Terrain Park" at Mountain High. ;)
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I like Swarthout Ridge, after all, we are in the Swarthout Valley.
No, I don't know where that name came from.
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well, i've decided to go with San Andreas Ridge--kudos to Freighthauler for this one. a Google search comes up with nothing that goes by that name. it's very descriptive--the fault made that ridge. Swarthout already has a namesake. some folks think that Wrightwood Ridge might be confusing with Wright Mtn. in the area. i can't think of any negatives in the name San Andreas Ridge.
i'll send the application this week. they say it might take six months before i hear back from them.
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I think you're on shakey ground with that one. ;D
Sounds good! How fun to name something! :2thumbsup:
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well, i've decided to go with San Andreas Ridge--kudos to Freighthauler for this one. a Google search comes up with nothing that goes by that name. it's very descriptive--the fault made that ridge. Swarthout already has a namesake. some folks think that Wrightwood Ridge might be confusing with Wright Mtn. in the area. i can't think of any negatives in the name San Andreas Ridge.
i'll send the application this week. they say it might take six months before i hear back from them.
Groovy....what do I win?? ;D
Did anyone noticed that I said I flew at 52,000 above the area, and nobody thought that was odd??
I was on Google earth...lol
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Did anyone noticed that I said I flew at 52,000 above the area, and nobody thought that was odd??
Thought you might own a F-22 Raptor ::)
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you win respect and admiration from your peers! and maybe some karma points!
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where does Richter Ridge come from?
It runs adjacent to, and was created by the San Andreas fault. We live in a valley created by tectonic forces, and Richter has been overlooked and his contributions to seismology downplayed. He should have something along the fault named after him.
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Did anyone noticed that I said I flew at 52,000 above the area, and nobody thought that was odd??
Thought you might own a F-22 Raptor ::)
That would be neat Funky, but being old school I would love to have a P-51 Mustang or a Corsiar
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I received a letter from the USGS stating that they received my request and that they are "preparing a case brief for your proposal and place it on the US Board's next Quarterly Review List for consideration by all interested parties."
They also say that it will be months before I hear back from them. I am glad that something is happening...
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Thanks for the update storm
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I would like an F~4 Phantom
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Update: Aug 16, 2007
San Andreas Ridge name moves forward.
The USGS has contacted the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors and asked for a county resolution on naming the ridge. San Bernardino County Supervisor Mitzelfelt's office is researching the request.
(http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com/maps/SanAndreasRidge.JPG)
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Good news! I am glad that this is moving along.
John--is that a Google Earth Image? How do you get the lines on the image--Photoshop? I'd love to be able to put an arrow and caption on such images, showing people where I find certain rocks and minerals...
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Yes that's a Google Earth captured image. Then I edited in a program called ACDSee but it could be done in most any graphics editing program.
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San Andreas Ridge
Nameless Ridge
Table Ridge
Hmmm.... :eyebrows:
I've also hiked that ridge end to end. Lots of pinons. Lots of gnats in the summer.
Gnat Ridge. That has some kind of ring to it.
I like Swarthout Ridge.
(Then let's add "Nolena Knoll" on one of the prominant rises. ;D )
Was Nolena the 1st one to suggest San Andreas Ridge ?
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I B cool! :2thumbsup:
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See this topic for more information
https://www.wrightwoodcalif.com/forum/index.php/topic,14745.msg224271.html#msg224271