Pine Mountain (San Bernardino County, California)

Pine Mountain is set approximately northeast of downtown Los Angeles within San Gabriel Mountains National Monument and the Sheep Mountain Wilderness. It ranks as the second-highest peak in the San Gabriel Mountains, The mountain was named by the US Forest Service for the dense stand of Jeffrey Pine and white fir covering the slopes. This landform's toponym has been officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names and first appeared in 1901. ==Climate==

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Pine Mountain is located in a continental climate zone (Dsa) with mostly dry summers (except for scattered summer thunderstorms) and cold, wet winters. Most weather fronts originating in the Pacific Ocean travel east toward the San Gabriel Mountains. As fronts approach, they are forced upward by the peaks (orographic lift), causing them to drop their moisture onto the range. Precipitation runoff from this mountain's west slopes drains to the San Gabriel River and the east slope drains into Lytle Creek. ==See also==

File:LA Skyline Mountains2.jpg|Los Angeles with Pine Mountain to left, Mount San Antonio (aka Baldy) to right File:Los Angeles with Mount Baldy.jpg|Los Angeles with Pine Mountain to left of center, Mount San Antonio center File:Los Angeles, Winter 2016.jpg|Los Angeles with Pine Mountain to left, Mount San Antonio (aka Baldy) center File:The Islands of Mt Baldy.jpg|View from the summit of Mount Baden-Powell. Pine Mountain to left and Mount San Antonio (aka Baldy) to right. File:San Gabriel Mtns & Los Angeles Skyline (3699427354).jpg|Los Angeles with Pine Mountain to left, Mount San Antonio (aka Baldy) to right ==References==