Pyramid Ridge

{{short description|Mountain in Mendocino County, California, U.S.}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Pyramid Ridge | other_name = | image = | image_size = | image_upright = | image_alt = | image_caption =   | elevation_ft = 3520 - 3560 | prominence_ft = 1120 | parent_peak = Cow Mountain Ridge | isolation_mi = 6.21 | listing = | map = California#United States | coordinates = {{coord|39.042176 |-123.058351|display=it}} | coordinates_ref =  | length = | length_km = | length_mi = | length_orientation = | length_ref = | width = | width_km = | width_mi = | width_orientation = | width_ref = | area = | area_km2 = | area_mi2 = | area_ref = | volume = | volume_km3 = | volume_mi3 = | volume_ref =  | etymology =  | location = | country = United States | state = California | state_type = State | region = County | region_type = Mendocino County, California | settlement_type = | range_coordinates = | range_coordinates_ref = | range = Mayacamas Mountains | borders_on = | topo_maker = | topo_map = Purdys Gardens O39123a1 1:24,000 | biome =  | formed_by = | orogeny = | age = | type = | geology = | volcanic_zone = | last_eruption = }} '''Pyramid Ridge''' is a {{convert|3520|-|3560|ft}} mountain in Mendocino County, California.

==Location==

Pyramid Ridge is in Mendocino County, California, in the Mayacamas Mountains of the northern California Coast Ranges.{{sfn|Pyramid Ridge, California ... Peakbagger}} It is {{convert|3520|-|3560|ft}} high with a prominence of {{convert|1120|ft}}. It has isolation of {{convert|6.21|mi}} from Cow Mountain Ridge to the north.{{sfn|Pyramid Ridge, California ... Peakbagger}} The ridge is {{convert|1|mi}} long.{{sfn|Pyramid Ridge USGS}} The Köppen climate classification is: Csb : Warm-summer Mediterranean climate.{{sfn|Pyramid Ridge, Mendocino Count ... Mindat}}

==Human activities==

In November 2005 a program funded by the Joint Fire Services Program began on Pyramid Ridge to research fire treatments. 18 plots ranging from {{convert|3|-|10|acre}} in size were selected that contained knobcone pines that were dying off for an unknown reason. 3 plots of standing trees were burned, trees on 3 plots were cut and burned, and trees on 3 plots were cut and left to rot. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection was responsible for all the burning.{{sfn|Johnson|Wilson|Colfax|2005|p=89}}

Pyramid Ridge is only accessible by ATV or horseback. It is known as a good area for deer hunting.{{sfn|Knight|2005}} It is in the South Cow Mountain OHV Recreation Area, and is traversed by Trail 19 of the area. As of 2016 informally developed trails led from the southeast, southwest and west segments of that trail, which were to be closed, barricaded and restored to a natural state to deter trespass on private property.{{sfn|Ukiah Field Office|2016|p=22}}

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==Sources== {{sfn whitelist |CITEREFPyramid_Ridge_USGS}} {{refbegin}} *{{citation |url=http://cemendocino.ucdavis.edu/files/17248.pdf |accessdate=2021-05-12 |title=Mendocino County Community Wildfire Protection Plan |first1=Loyde |last1=Johnson |first2=Colin |last2=Wilson |first3=J. David |last3=Colfax |publisher=Mendocino County Fire Chiefs’ Association & California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection |year=2005}} *{{citation |url=https://www.espn.com/outdoors/hunting/news/story?page=h_map_05_CA_Cow_Mnt |accessdate=2021-05-12 |first=Terry |last=Knight |title=Cow Mountain no pushover for Zone A deer |date=12 August 2005 |work=espn}} *{{citation |url=https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=52255 |accessdate=2021-05-12 |title=Pyramid Ridge, California |work=Peakbagger |ref={{harvid|Pyramid Ridge, California ... Peakbagger}} }} *{{cite gnis2|231108}} *{{citation |url=https://www.mindat.org/feature-5385264.html |accessdate=2021-05-12 |title=Pyramid Ridge, Mendocino County, California, United States |work=Mindat |ref={{harvid|Pyramid Ridge, Mendocino Count ... Mindat}} }} *{{citation |url=https://eplanning.blm.gov/public_projects/nepa/57052/68054/74097/Cow_Mountain_Recreation_Area_Implementation_Plan.pdf |accessdate=2021-05-10 |author=Ukiah Field Office |year=2016 |title=Cow Mountain Recreation Area Implementation Plan |publisher=Bureau of Land Management}} {{refend}} {{Mayacamas Mountains}} {{authority control}}

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