Red Slate Mountain is a summit in the

Sierra Nevada The Sierra Nevada ( ) is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin. The vast majority of the range lies in the state of California, although the Carson Range spur lies primari ...

. It lies along the

Sierra Crest The Sierra Crest is a roughly generally north-to-south ridge, ridgeline that demarcates the broad west and narrow east slopes of the Sierra Nevada and that extends as far east as the Sierra's escarpment, topographic front (e.g., Diamond Mountain ...

that divides

Fresno County Fresno County (), officially the County of Fresno, is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 1,008,654. The county seat is Fresno, the fifth-most populo ...

from

Mono County, California Mono County ( ) is a county (United States), county located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 13,195, making it the fourth-least populous county in California. T ...

. Red Slate Mountain can be reached by scrambling either from McGee Pass, or starting from Bighorn Lake. The area to the north of Red Slate Mountain is among the most seismically active in California which is associated with the

Long Valley Caldera Long Valley Caldera is a Depression (geology), depression in eastern California that is adjacent to Mammoth Mountain. The valley is one of the Earth's largest calderas, measuring about long (east-west), wide (north-south), and up to deep. Lo ...

. Red Slate Mountain was named by the

California Geological Survey The California Geological Survey, previously known as the California Division of Mines and Geology, is the California state geology, geologic agency. History Although it was not until 1880 that the California State Mining Bureau, predecessor to ...

, in 1873. However, it is not clear whether the survey meant to name this peak, or

Red and White Mountain Red and White Mountain is a remote mountain summit located on the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in northern California, United States. It is situated in the John Muir Wilderness on the shared boundary of Sierra National Forest with ...

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* * * Mountains of Mono County, California Mountains of Fresno County, California Mountains of the John Muir Wilderness Four-thousanders of the United States Mountains of Northern California {{MonoCountyCA-geo-stub

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