Located on the West Coast and stretching almost 750 miles from Mexico to Oregon, California is home to almost 40 million people. Its natural beauty is legendary with beaches, deserts, vineyards and of course mountains…lots of them, including the highest point in the lower 48, Mount Whitney.  The mountain ranges are as diverse as the population from the awe-inspiring Sierra Nevada range towering up to 14,500ft through to gentle coastal ranges with peaks in the one to two thousand feet range. A surprising number are quite accessible to Greater Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay Area residents and visitors. You can visit Disneyland and the next day be up at 9,000 ft in the San Gabriel mountains without excessive effort or alternatively sipping wine in Napa to be followed by a breathtaking SOTA activation atop Mount Tamalpais just miles north of San Francisco.