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Mount Baden-Powell is a prominent 9,407-foot summit in California’s San Gabriel Mountains, recognized in 1931 and named for Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the World Scouting Movement. Formerly called East Twin or North Baldy, it is traditionally counted as the range’s fifth-highest peak and is notable for its prominence and for being the highest peak outside the Mount San Antonio massif. The Pacific Crest Trail passes near the summit, reaching its highest elevation south of the Sierra Nevada nearby. Long favored by hikers, the mountain is also important in Southern California scouting history as the high point of the historic Silver Moccasin Trail.
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