Mission Peak

Mission Peak is a peak east of Fremont, California. It is part of a ridge that includes Mount Allison and Monument Peak. Mission Peak is located in the Mission Peak Regional Preserve and is a part of the East Bay Regional Park District. There is regular snowfall every winter, but it is typically light and melts in one or two hours, so it goes unnoticed. However, once or twice a decade, there is tremendous snowfall, such as in March 2006 (visible ... more

Mission Peak is a peak east of Fremont, California. It is part of a ridge that includes Mount Allison and Monument Peak. Mission Peak is located in the Mission Peak Regional Preserve and is a part of the East Bay Regional Park District. There is regular snowfall every winter, but it is typically light and melts in one or two hours, so it goes unnoticed. However, once or twice a decade, there is tremendous snowfall, such as in March 2006 (visible in the Hiking section). On December 7th, 2009, there was an even deeper snowfall dropping to 1,000 feet. The snow lasted three days. Mission Peak is the site of a large (300 m wide by 1200 m long) landslide that started in March, 1998 due to the El Niño rains that winter. The landslide occurred in an area that had seen previous landslides in the past. The landslide threatened new housing and has changed local development regulations to deal with geotechnical hazards. Some sources have labeled Mission Peak as an extinct volcano due to its shape... less