The Sierra Peaks Section (SPS) is a mountaineering society within the Angeles Chapter of the

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that serves to provide mountaineering activities for Sierra Club members in the

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, and to honor mountaineers who have summited Sierra Nevada peaks.

History

The Sierra Peaks Section was established in 1955. The Section maintains historic summit registers at

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on the

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campus.

Membership

To become a member of the SPS, one must be a Sierra Club member and have climbed at least six peaks on the SPS List; it is not necessary that the peaks be Emblem peaks. For verification purposes, two of those ascents must be done on an official SPS trip. Especially accomplished members are award with ''emblems'', with the following grades (from highest to lowest): * Third List Completion * Second List Completion * First List Completion * Master Emblem * Senior Emblem * Emblem Upon receiving one of the normal emblems, members may be recognized with one of the following additional emblems, which are not ranked: * Geographic Emblem * Explorer Emblem

SPS List

To the general public, they are most known for their

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list, created in 1955, a product of the Sierra Club's long legacy of promoting climbing in the Sierra Nevada. Completing the list is highly prestigious in American mountaineering circles, and climbers who complete the list are often cited as having done so (e.g. by the

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). The list is divided into three levels of importance. The ''Emblem'' peaks are considered the most iconic peaks of the Sierra Nevada, and to summit all of them is the goal of many peak baggers and alpinists. ''Mountaineers'' peaks are less notable peaks known for presenting mountaineering challenges; they do not have the prestige that Emblem peaks have attached to them, but ascending them is necessary to gain higher levels of recognition for Section members. Finally, there are the numerous general peaks of lesser note. Some peaks require substantial rock

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experience (e.g.

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and Mount Clarence King), and in some cases snow travel skills. Most peaks may require few technical skills, although the commonly cited difficulty ratings of peak climbs in the Sierra Nevada are considered to be understated, or “ sandbagged”. The majority of peaks are very remote and require substantial cross-country travel. The list is an example of a subjective "decision by committee" list with the peaks on the list being determined by the Sierra Club. Peaks are occasionally added or removed from the list due to a variety of factors, such as accessibility, notability, and interest. The list is followed by thousands of hikers and climbers and has been noted in numerous books and guides on the Sierra Nevada. There are 15 Emblem peaks, 35 Mountaineers peaks, and 197 general peaks, for a total of 247 peaks. The number of peaks is traditionally set at 248, the original number of peaks listed in 1955; however the number changes at times due to issues such as legal access or higher interest in one peak over another. The elevations listed below are those officially described on the list (based on USGS topographic map contours), and may not be the actual elevations of those peaks, although they are usually accurate to within 50 feet.

Emblem Peaks

Mountaineers Peaks

Full list

Area 1: Southern Sierra

# Pilot Knob (''suspended'') #

Owens Peak Owens Peak is the highest point in the southern Sierra Nevada, at more than above sea level. The peak stands near the center of the Owens Peak Wilderness, which was designated by the United States Congress in 1994, and it now has a total of . The ...

# Spanish Needle #

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Sawtooth Peak Sawtooth Peak is a jagged mountain rising to a height of . It is a landmark of the Mineral King region of the Sierra Nevada, in Sequoia National Park. In the past, it was known as Miner's Peak. It contains a supply of gold and mercury. Hikin ...

Rockhouse Peak Rock House, Rockhouse, Old Rock House or variations may refer to: __NOTOC__ Places United States (by state) * Old Rock House (Harpersville, Alabama), listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Shelby County, Alabama * Rock House, ...

# Taylor Dome # Sirretta Peak #

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# Smith Mountain

Area 2: Mineral King and Kern River

Kern Peak Kern Peak is a mountain peak in Tulare County, California in the Sierra Nevada. At in elevation and about of prominence, it is ranked 49th on the most prominent peaks in California. It is west of Olancha Peak, which is in the same mountain range ...

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# Coyote Peaks #

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# Homers Nose #

Vandever Mountain Vandever Mountain is an mountain summit located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Tulare County, California, Tulare County of northern California. It is situated on the shared boundary of Sequoia National Park with Sequoia National Forest, ...

# Florence Peak #

Needham Mountain Needham Mountain is a mountain summit of the Sierra Nevada, located in Tulare County, California. It is located in the southern Sierra Nevada, in the central part of Sequoia National Park. Needham Mountain is miles east of Mineral King, northea ...

Area 3: Olancha to Langley and west

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Olancha Peak Olancha Peak is a mountain in the Sierra Nevada of California. It rises to an elevation of on the Tulare-Inyo county line in the South Sierra Wilderness. It takes its name from the nearby town of Olancha. The mountain is also known as "Indianhe ...

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Cartago Peak Cartago may refer to: * Cartago, Valle del Cauca, Colombia * Cartago Province, Costa Rica * Cartago, Costa Rica, capital of the province of Cartago * Cartago, California, United States See also * Carthage (disambiguation) in Latin and related la ...

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# Cirque Peak #

Mount Langley Mount Langley is a mountain located on the crest of the Sierra Nevada, on the boundary between Inyo and Tulare counties in eastern California, in the United States. To the east is the Owens Valley, and to the west is the Kern River Valley. I ...

Mount Guyot Hills and mountains named Guyot, after geologist Arnold Henry Guyot (1807–1884): * Mount Guyot (Great Smoky Mountains), on the Tennessee/North Carolina border * Mount Guyot (New Hampshire) * Mount Guyot (California), on the Sierra Peaks Section ...

Joe Devel Peak Joe Devel Peak is a 13,327-foot-elevation (4,062 meter) mountain summit located just west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Tulare County, California. Set in Sequoia National Park, it is situated 4.35 miles (7.0 k ...

Mount Pickering Mount Pickering is a 13,474-foot-elevation (4,107 meter) mountain summit located just west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Tulare County, California. It is situated in Sequoia National Park, and is 3.1 miles (5.0 ...

# Mount Chamberlin #

Mount Newcomb Mount Newcomb is a mountain summit located just west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Tulare County, California. It is situated in Sequoia National Park, and is south of Mount Whitney, northeast of Mount Chamberlin, and 3.5& ...

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Area 4: Corcoran to Whitney

Mount Corcoran Mount Corcoran is a mountain summit located on the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California. It is situated on the boundary between Tulare County and Inyo County, as well as the boundary between Sequoia National Park and John ...

Mount LeConte Mount Le Conte (or Mount LeConte) can refer to: * Mount Le Conte (California) * Mount Le Conte (Tennessee) Mount Le Conte (or LeConte) is a mountain located within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Sevier County, Tennessee. At it is th ...

Mount Mallory Mount Mallory is a mountain located in the Sierra Nevada of California. The boundary between Inyo National Forest and Sequoia National Park runs across the summit. The peak was named in memory of George H. Leigh Mallory, of the 1924 British Mo ...

# Mount Irvine #

Mount McAdie Mount McAdie is a summit on the crest of the Sierra Nevada, and is located south of Mount Whitney. It has three summits, with the north peak being the highest. The summit ridge marks the boundary between Sequoia National Park and the John Muir W ...

Mount Muir Mount Muir is a peak in the Sierra Nevada of California, south of Mount Whitney. This peak is named in honor of Scottish-born John Muir, a famous geologist, conservationist and founder of the Sierra Club. The southernmost section of the Joh ...

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Mount Whitney Mount Whitney ( Paiute: Tumanguya; ''Too-man-i-goo-yah'') is the highest mountain in the contiguous United States and the Sierra Nevada, with an elevation of . It is in East– Central California, on the boundary between California's Inyo and ...

'' # Thor Peak #

Lone Pine Peak Lone Pine Peak is located on the east side of the Sierra Nevada range just west of the town of Lone Pine, California in Inyo County, in eastern California in the southwestern United States. The summit marks the eastern boundary of the John Muir W ...

Area 5: Whitney to Williamson

# Mount Young # Mount Hale # Mount Russell #

Mount Carillon Mount Carillon is a mountain summit located on the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California. It is situated on the common border of Tulare County with Inyo County, as well as the shared boundary of Sequoia National Park and John ...

Tunnabora Peak Tunnabora Peak is a mountain summit located on the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California. It is situated on the common border of Tulare County with Inyo County, as well as the shared boundary of Sequoia National Park and John ...

# Mount Barnard #

Trojan Peak } Trojan Peak is a 13,947-foot-elevation (4,251 meter) mountain summit located along the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Inyo County, California. It is situated in the John Muir Wilderness, on land managed by Inyo National Forest. ...

Mount Tyndall Mount Tyndall is a peak in the Mount Whitney region of the Sierra Nevada in the U.S. state of California. At , it is the tenth highest peak in the state. The mountain was named in honor of the Irish scientist and mountaineer, John Tyndall. Ge ...

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Mount Williamson Mount Williamson, at an elevation of , is the second-highest mountain in both the Sierra Nevada range and the state of California, and the sixth-highest peak in the contiguous United States. Geography Williamson stands in the John Muir Wild ...

Area 6: Kaweahs and west

Alta Peak Alta Peak is in Sequoia National Park not far from Giant Forest. Before 1896, the mountain was known as Tharps Peak. By 1903 it was generally known by its current name and Alta Peak appears on the Tehipite quadrangle, USGS 30 minute topographic m ...

# Mount Silliman #

Mount Eisen Mount Eisen is a double summit mountain located on the Great Western Divide of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Tulare County of northern California. It is situated in Sequoia National Park, south of Lippincott Mountain. Mount Eisen ran ...

Lippincott Mountain Lippincott Mountain is a mountain summit with an elevation of , located on the Great Western Divide of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Tulare County of northern California. It is situated in Sequoia National Park, north of Mount Eisen, and ...

# Eagle Scout Peak #

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Mount Kaweah Mount Kaweah () is a mountain in California's Sequoia National Park and forms part of the Kaweah Peaks Ridge, a spur of the Great Western Divide which extends south from Triple Divide Peak. It has a summit elevation of , the highest along the ...

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Red Kaweah Red Kaweah is a mountain in California's Sequoia National Park Sequoia National Park is an American national park in the southern Sierra Nevada east of Visalia, California. The park was established on September 25, 1890, and today protects ...

Black Kaweah Black Kaweah is a mountain of the Kaweah Peaks Ridge of the California's Sierra Nevada, in Sequoia National Park. The peak has a local magnetic disturbance that has caused compasses in the vicinity to vary by up to eight degrees. Fulgurite ...

Picket Guard Peak Picket Guard Peak is a 12,302-foot-elevation (3,750 meter) mountain summit located west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Tulare County, California. It is situated in Sequoia National Park, two miles southwest of Kern Point ...

Kern Point Kern Point is a 12,763-foot-elevation (3,890 meter) mountain summit located west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Tulare County, California. It is situated in Sequoia National Park, two miles northeast of Picket Guard Peak ...

Area 7: Great Western Divide

# Triple Divide Peak # Glacier Ridge #

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Milestone Mountain Milestone Mountain is a thirteener on the Great Western Divide, a subrange of 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 ...

Midway Mountain Midway Mountain is a remote mountain summit located on the Great Western Divide of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Tulare County of northern California. It is set on the common boundary that Kings Canyon National Park shares with Sequoia Nat ...

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# Thunder Mountain #

South Guard South Guard is a remote mountain summit located near the northern end of the Great Western Divide of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Tulare County of northern California. It is situated in Kings Canyon National Park, south of North Guard, ...

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Mount Brewer Mount Brewer is on the Great Western Divide, a sub-range of the Sierra Nevada in California. It is located in Kings Canyon National Park, The peak was named for William Henry Brewer who worked on the first California Geological Survey and was t ...

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North Guard North Guard is a remote mountain summit located near the northern end of the Great Western Divide of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Tulare County of northern California. It is situated in Kings Canyon National Park, southeast of Mount Fa ...

Area 8: Kings–Kern divide

# Mount Jordan # Mount Genevra #

Mount Ericsson Mount Ericsson is a summit on the Kings-Kern Divide, an offshoot of the Great Western Divide. It marks the boundary between Sequoia National Park and Kings Canyon National Park. Water falling on the north slopes flow into the Kings River by wa ...

# Mount Stanford # Deerhorn Mountain #

East Vidette East Vidette is a mountain summit located two miles west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in the northeast corner of Tulare County in northern California. It is situated in Kings Canyon National Park, west-southwest of the comm ...

West Vidette West Vidette is a mountain summit located three miles west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in the northeast corner of Tulare County in northern California. It is situated in Kings Canyon National Park, west-southwest of the co ...

Junction Peak Junction Peak is a thirteener in the Sierra Nevada. Joseph Nisbet LeConte chose this name in 1896, noting that it marks the point where the Sierra Crest crosses the water divide of the Kern and Kings rivers. Today it also is the boundary between ...

Mount Keith Mount Keith is a mountain on the crest of California's Sierra Nevada, between Mount Bradley to the north, and Junction Peak to the southwest. Its north and west facing slopes feed the Kings River watershed by way of Bubbs Creek, and its east and ...

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# Center Peak #

Caltech Peak Caltech Peak is a 13,832-foot-elevation (4,216 meter) mountain summit located in Sequoia National Park in Tulare County, California. It is situated one mile west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, just one-half mile south of t ...

Area 9: Kearsarge Pass vicinity

# University Peak #

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Kearsarge Peak Kearsarge Peak is a mountain located less than two miles east of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Inyo County in northern California. It is situated immediately northwest of Onion Valley in the John Muir Wilderness, on land manag ...

# Mount Gould #

Mount Rixford Mount Rixford is a mountain summit located one mile west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in the southeast corner of Fresno County, in northern California. It is situated in Kings Canyon National Park, west of the community of ...

Mount Bago Mount Bago is an 11,870-foot-elevation (3,618 meter) mountain summit located west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in the southeast corner of Fresno County, in northern California. It is situated in Kings Canyon National Park ...

# Mount Gardiner # Mount Cotter #'' Mount Clarence King'' # Dragon Peak #

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# Diamond Peak

Area 10: Baxter Pass to Taboose Pass

# Mount Baxter #

Colosseum Mountain Colosseum Mountain is a 12,473-foot-elevation (3,802 meter) double summit mountain located on the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in northern California. It is situated on the common border of Fresno County with Inyo County, as well a ...

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# Mount Pinchot # Pyramid Peak #

Arrow Peak Arrow Peak is a high mountain summit in the Grenadier Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The thirteener is located in the Weminuche Wilderness of San Juan National Forest, south-southeast ( bearing 160°) of the Town of Silvert ...

# Striped Mountain # Goodale Mountain #

Cardinal Mountain Cardinal Mountain is a 13,396-foot-elevation (4,083 meter) mountain summit located on the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in northern California. It is situated on the common border of Fresno County with Inyo County, as well as the share ...

Area 11: Western mid-Sierra

# Mount Ruskin #

Marion Peak Marion Peak is a remote mountain summit located in Kings Canyon National Park, in Fresno County of northern California, United States. It is situated on Cirque Crest which is west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, northeast of S ...

State Peak State Peak is a remote mountain summit located in Kings Canyon National Park, in Fresno County of northern California, United States. It is situated on Cirque Crest which is west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, west of Arrow P ...

# Goat Mountain # Kennedy Mountain # Mount Harrington #

Tehipite Dome Tehipite Valley, a glacial valley of the Middle Fork Kings River, is located in Kings Canyon National Park in the Sierra Nevada of California. The valley is in Fresno County about southwest of Bishop and east of Fresno and is known for its Yos ...

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# Three Sisters

Area 12: South Palisades

#'' Split Mountain'' #

Mount Tinemaha Mount Tinemaha is a mountain summit located east of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Inyo County of northern California. It is situated on the eastern boundary of the John Muir Wilderness, on land managed by Inyo National Forest ...

Mount Prater Mount Prater is a 13,471-foot-elevation (4,106 meter) mountain summit located on the shared border of Fresno County and Inyo County in California, United States. Description The peak is set on the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, ...

Mount Bolton Brown Mount Bolton Brown is a 13,491-foot-elevation (4,112 meter) mountain summit located on the shared border of Fresno County and Inyo County in California, United States. Description The peak is set on the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain r ...

# Birch Mountain #

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# Disappointment Peak # Middle Palisade #

Norman Clyde Peak Norman Clyde Peak, standing tall, is in natural company among the high peaks of the Palisades region of the Sierra Nevada in California. It raises on the main ridge of the Palisades', between Middle Palisade and Palisade Crest. Norman Clyde ...

Palisade Crest Palisade Crest is a jagged ridge in The Palisades's region of the Sierra Nevada southeast of Mount Sill and northwest of Middle Palisade. Its twelve pinnacles are unofficially named for characters from ''The Lord of the Rings'' by J. R. R. Tolk ...

Area 13: Mt. Goddard vicinity

# Observation Peak #

Giraud Peak Giraud Peak is a mountain summit located west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Fresno County, California, Fresno County of northern California, United States. It is situated in the Palisades (California Sierra), Palisades area ...

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Wheel Mountain Wheel Mountain is a mountain summit located west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Fresno County of central California, United States. This mountain is situated on the Black Divide in northern Kings Canyon National Park, one m ...

Mount McDuffie Mount McDuffie is a mountain summit located west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Fresno County of central California, United States. This peak is situated in northern Kings Canyon National Park, northwest of The Citadel, an ...

Black Giant Black Giant is a mountain summit located near the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Fresno County of northern California, United States. Black Giant ranks as the 86th highest summit in California. It is situated in northern Kings Cany ...

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Mount Goddard Mount Goddard is a mountain of California's Sierra Nevada, in the north section of Kings Canyon National Park. Goddard forms the southwest boundary of the Evolution Basin. The peak is named for civil engineer George Henry Goddard, who surveyed t ...

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Mount Reinstein Mount Reinstein is a 12,586-foot-elevation (3,836 meter) mountain summit located west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Fresno County, California, United States. This peak is situated on the common boundary shared by K ...

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# Tunemah Peak

Area 14: North Palisades

Temple Crag Temple Crag is a mountain peak in the Palisades group of peaks of the Sierra Nevada with an elevation of . The peak lies east of the Sierra Crest, between Mount Gayley and Mount Alice, straddling the drainages of the North and South Forks of B ...

Mount Gayley Mount Gayley is a 13,510-foot-elevation (4,118 meter) mountain summit located one mile east of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Inyo County, California, United States. It is situated in the Palisades area of the John Muir Wilderne ...

Mount Sill Mount Sill is one of the fourteeners of the Sierra Nevada in California. It is located in the Palisades, a group of prominent rock peaks with a few small glaciers on their flanks. Mount Sill is located 0.6 miles (1 km) east of North Palis ...

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Thunderbolt Peak Thunderbolt Peak is a peak in the Palisades group of peaks in the Sierra Nevada in the U.S. state of California. It rises to and could be considered the thirteenth-highest peak in the state, but since the peak has less than of prominence it is ...

Mount Winchell Mount Winchell, a thirteener, is among the thirty highest peaks of California. It is in the Palisades region of the Sierra Nevada, on the Sierra Crest between Mount Agassiz and Thunderbolt Peak. Geography The Inyo-Kern County line follows W ...

# Mount Agassiz # Mount Goode #

Cloudripper Cloudripper is a 13,525-foot-elevation (4,122 meter) mountain summit located two miles east of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Inyo County of northern California, United States. It is situated in the Palisades area of the John M ...

# Mount Johnson # Mount Gilbert

Area 15: Evolution area

# Mount Thompson # Point Powell #

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Mount Haeckel Mount Haeckel is a mountain summit located on the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in northern California, United States. It is situated on the shared boundary of Kings Canyon National Park with John Muir Wilderness, and along the com ...

# Mount Fiske # Mount Huxley #'' Mount Darwin'' # Mount Mendel #

Mount Lamarck Mount Lamarck is a mountain summit located on the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in northern California, United States. It is situated on the shared boundary of Kings Canyon National Park with John Muir Wilderness, and along the com ...

# The Hermit # Mount McGee # Emerald Peak # Mount Henry

Area 16: Humphreys Basin and west

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Mount Humphreys Mount Humphreys is a mountain peak in the Sierra Nevada on the Fresno-Inyo county line in the U.S. state of California. It is the 13th highest peak in California (the highest peak that is not a fourteener), and the highest peak in the Bishop are ...

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# Mount Tom # Pilot Knob #

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Seven Gables Seven Gables is a mountain summit located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Fresno County of northern California, United States. It is situated between the east and south forks of Bear Creek in the John Muir Wilderness, on land managed by ...

# Mount Senger #

Mount Hooper Mount Hooper is a 12,349-foot-elevation (3,764 meter) mountain summit located west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Fresno County of northern California, United States. It is set within the John Muir Wilderness, on land m ...

Area 17: Bear Creek Spire area

# Merriam Peak #

Royce Peak Royce Peak, also known as Mount Royce, is a 13,280-foot-elevation (4,048 meter) mountain summit located west of the Royce Lakes in the Sierra Nevada mountain range in northern California, United States. It is situated in Fresno County, in the John ...

Mount Julius Caesar Mount Julius Caesar is a 13,213-foot-elevation (4,027 meter) 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 boundary that Sierr ...

# Mount Hilgard #

Recess Peak Recess Peak is a 12,813-foot-elevation (3,905 meter) mountain summit located west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Fresno County of northern California, United States. It is situated on Mono Divide in the John Muir Wilderne ...

Mount Gabb Mount Gabb () is in the central Sierra Nevada in the U.S. state of California. Mount Gabb is in the John Muir Wilderness of Sierra National Forest and is named after William More Gabb, a paleontologist and member of the Whitney Survey. The ascent ...

# Bear Creek Spire # Mount Dade #''

Mount Abbot Mount Abbot is a mountain in California's Sierra Nevada, in the John Muir Wilderness. It is located between Mount Mills and Mount Dade along the Sierra Crest and straddles the border between Fresno and Inyo counties. The peak was named for He ...

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Area 18: Mono Creek to Mammoth

# Silver Peak # Mount Izaak Walton #

Red and White Mountain Red and White Mountain is a remote 12,816-foot-elevation (3,906 meter) 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 bounda ...

Red Slate Mountain Red Slate Mountain is a summit in the Sierra Nevada. It lies along the Sierra Crest that divides Fresno County from Mono County, California. Red Slate Mountain can be reached by scrambling either from McGee Pass, or starting from Bighorn Lake. ...

# Mount Stanford # Mount Morgan # Mount Baldwin #

Mount Morrison According to USGS GNIS, Mount Morrison may refer to one of four possible peaks in the United States: It can also refer to: * Mount Morrison in the Lost River Range of Idaho. * One of two mountains in Antarctica, in Enderby Land and Victoria ...

# Bloody Mountain

Area 19: Ritter Range and vicinity

# Iron Mountain # Clyde Minaret #''

Mount Ritter Mount Ritter is the highest mountain in Madera County, California, in the Western United States, at an elevation of . It is also the highest and most prominent peak of its namesake, the Ritter Range, a subrange of the Sierra Nevada in the Ansel A ...

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Banner Peak Banner Peak is the second tallest peak in the Ritter Range of California's Sierra Nevada. The mountain is tall, and there are several glaciers on its slopes. It lies within the boundaries of the Ansel Adams Wilderness; at the foot of the peak ...

# Mount Davis #

Rodgers Peak Rodgers Peak is the most northwestern peak in the Ritter Range in Madera County, California. The peak lies on the boundary between Yosemite National Park and the Ansel Adams Wilderness further east. Rodgers Peak is the fourth-highest mountain i ...

Electra Peak Electra Peak is a mountain, broadly in the Tuolumne Meadows area of Yosemite National Park, if far, from the road. Electra Peak is the 14th highest mountain in Yosemite National Park. Electra Peak may have been named for a play called ''Electr ...

Foerster Peak Foerster Peak is a mountain, broadly east of the Half Dome area of Yosemite National Park. Foerster Peak is far, from any road, by over . Foerster Peak was named for Lewis Foerster, US military who was on duty in Yosemite in 1895. From mos ...

San Joaquin Mountain San Joaquin Mountain is a mountain along the Sierra Crest, near June Lake, California. It is the twenty-sixth highest peak in California, and is the highest peak along the Sierra Crest for . The mountain is formed of quartz latite that erupted du ...

Area 20: Clark Range and vicinity

Merced Peak Merced Peak, with an elevation of , is the highest point in the Clark Range, just surpassing three other peaks; Red Peak (11,704 feet), Gray Peak (11,578 feet), and Mount Clark (11,527 feet). Merced Peak is located close to southern border o ...

# Red Peak # Gray Peak # Mount Clark # Mount Starr King #

Half Dome Half Dome is a granite dome at the eastern end of Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park, California. It is a well-known rock formation in the park, named for its distinct shape. One side is a sheer face while the other three sides are smoot ...

Clouds Rest Clouds Rest is a mountain in Yosemite National Park east northeast of Yosemite Village, California. Although there are many peaks in the park having far greater elevation, the proximity of Clouds Rest to the valley gives it a very high degree of ...

Area 21: Mt. Lyell and north

Cathedral Peak Cathedral Peak may be any of several mountains, typically those with steep sides and towers reminiscent of a cathedral. In the United States alone, the USGS identifies 17 summits named "Cathedral Peak". In other countries: *Cathedr ...

Vogelsang Peak Vogelsang Peak is a peak in the Cathedral Range of Yosemite National Park, located in northeastern Mariposa County, California. Though Mount Florence is higher, at , at the summit rises higher than most of the surrounding peaks, and offers sweep ...

# Mount Florence #

Mount Maclure Mount Maclure is the nearest neighbor to Mount Lyell, the highest point in Yosemite National Park. Mount Maclure is the fifth-highest mountain of Yosemite. Mount Maclure is located at the southeast end of the Cathedral Range, about northwest o ...

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Koip Peak Koip Peak is a 12,968-foot-elevation (3,953 meter) summit in Mono County, California, in the United States. It is located in the Ansel Adams Wilderness, on land managed by Inyo National Forest. It is approximately outside of Yosemite National Par ...

Mount Gibbs Mount Gibbs is located in the Sierra Nevada of the U.S. state of California, south of Mount Dana. The mountain was named in honor of Oliver Gibbs, a professor at Harvard University and friend of Josiah Whitney. The summit marks the boundary b ...

Mount Dana Mount Dana is a mountain in the U.S. state of California. Its summit marks the eastern boundary of Yosemite National Park and the western boundary of the Ansel Adams Wilderness. At an elevation of , it is the second highest mountain in Yosemite ...

Area 22: Tioga Pass to Bond Pass

Mount Warren Mount Warren () is located in the Wind River Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The peak is the third peak in the range and the fourth tallest in Wyoming. The summit is located in the Fitzpatrick Wilderness of Shoshone National Forest and rises ...

# Mount Conness #

North Peak North Peak is a summit A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. The topography, topographic terms acme, apex, peak (mountain peak), and zenith are synonymous. The term (mountain ...

# Excelsior Mountain #

Dunderberg Peak Dunderberg Peak is located east of the Sierra Nevada crest near the divide between the Mono Basin and East Walker River basin (Conway Summit) in Mono County, in eastern California in the southwestern United States. The peak is in the Hoover W ...

# Virginia Peak #

Twin Peaks ''Twin Peaks'' is an American mystery serial drama television series created by Mark Frost and David Lynch. It premiered on ABC on April 8, 1990, and originally ran for two seasons until its cancellation in 1991. The show returned in 2017 fo ...

# Whorl Mountain #''

Matterhorn Peak Matterhorn Peak is located in the Sierra Nevada, in California, at the northern boundary of Yosemite National Park. At elevation, it is the tallest peak in the craggy Alps-like Sawtooth Ridge and the northernmost peak in the Sierra Nevada. Th ...

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Pettit Peak Pettit may refer to: Places *Pettit (lunar crater) *Pettit (Martian crater), on Mars *Pettit, California, former name of Pettit Place, California *Pettit, Indiana *Pettit, Kentucky * Pettit, New South Wales *Pettit, Oklahoma *Pettit Creek, a creek ...

Volunteer Peak Volunteering is a voluntary act of an individual or group freely giving time and labor for community service. Many volunteers are specifically trained in the areas they work, such as medicine, education, or emergency rescue. Others serve ...

Piute Mountain Paiute (; also Piute) refers to three non-contiguous groups of indigenous peoples of the Great Basin. Although their languages are related within the Numic group of Uto-Aztecan languages, these three groups do not form a single set. The term "Pai ...

# Tower Peak

Area 23: Bond Pass to Lake Tahoe

# Black Hawk Mountain #

Leavitt Peak Leavitt Peak is located in the Emigrant Wilderness near Sonora Pass in the eastern Sierra Nevada range of California. Leavitt Peak is located on the Tuolumne County - Mono County line. The Pacific Crest Trail runs close to the east of Leavitt ...

Stanislaus Peak Stanislaus Peak is a prominent peak near Sonora Pass in the Sierra Nevada range in California, United States. It is located in the Carson–Iceberg Wilderness in the federally-managed Stanislaus National Forest. Geology Stanislaus peak is an an ...

Disaster Peak Disaster Peak is a summit in the U.S. state of Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a state in the Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, ...

# Highland Peak #

Mokelumne Peak Mokelumne Peak is a peak in the Mokelumne Wilderness, Sierra Nevada, Amador County, California, consisting of metamorphic and granitic rock. Geology Mokelumne Peak has the largest body of metamorphic rock in the region, called the Mokelumne Pea ...

# Round Top #

Freel Peak Freel Peak is a mountain located in the Carson Range, a spur of the Sierra Nevada, near Lake Tahoe in California. The peak is on the boundary between El Dorado County and Alpine County; and the boundary between the Eldorado National Forest and t ...

# Pyramid Peak #

Dicks Peak Dicks Peak is a 9,974-foot-elevation (3,040 meter) mountain summit located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range in El Dorado County, California, United States. It is the third-highest peak in the Desolation Wilderness, and is set on land man ...

# Mount Tallac

Area 24: Northern Sierra

Granite Chief Granite Chief is a mountain located in the Sierra Nevada near Lake Tahoe. The mountain rises to an elevation of and receives consistent heavy snowfall during the winter months. The summit is the highest point in the Granite Chief Wilderness and ...

Tinker Knob Tinker Knob is an 8,949-foot-elevation (2,728 meter) mountain summit in Placer County, California, United States. Description Tinker Knob is located south-southeast of Donner Pass and northwest of Lake Tahoe, on land managed by Tahoe ...

# Castle Peak # Mount Rose # Mount Lola #

English Mountain English Mountain is a mountain located in the western foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains region of East Tennessee. Rising to a peak of 3,629 feet, it is known for offering scenic fall colors within a convenient drive from Knoxville. A few rug ...

# Sierra Buttes #

Mount Elwell Mount is often used as part of the name of specific mountains, e.g. Mount Everest. Mount or Mounts may also refer to: Places * Mount, Cornwall, a village in Warleggan parish, England * Mount, Perranzabuloe, a hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, C ...

# Adams Peak

References

Bibliography

* {{Cite book , last1 = Secor , first1 = R. J. , title = The High Sierra : peaks, passes, trail , date = 2009 , publisher = Mountaineers Books , location = Seattle, WA , isbn = 978-0-89886-971-2

External links

Official web site
Peak bagging in the United States Sierra Club