Mount Russell (California)

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Mount Russell
Mount Russell, south slope.
Elevation	14,088 ft (4,294 m)
Location	California, United States
Range	Sierra Nevada
Prominence	1,096 ft (334 m)
Coordinates	36°35′27″N, 118°17′19″W
Topo map	USGS Mount Whitney
First ascent	June 24, 1926 by Norman Clyde
Easiest route	Scramble (class 3)

For the peak in Alaska, see Mount Russell (Alaska).

Mount Russell is a peak in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the U.S. state of California, about 0.8 mi (1.3 km) north of Mount Whitney. It rises to 14,088 feet (4294 m), and is the seventh highest peak in the state. It is located on the Sierra Crest, which in this area marks the border between the John Muir Wilderness of the Inyo National Forest and Sequoia National Park, and also the border between Inyo County and Tulare County. It rises just southwest of Tulainyo Lake, one of the highest and largest of the high alpine lakes of the southern Sierra.

The first ascent of Mount Russell was on June 24, 1926 by famed Sierra mountaineer Norman Clyde. It offers climbers at least a dozen routes, from multiple scrambling routes (Yosemite Decimal System|class 3) to a serious technical route (Grade IV, 5.10).^[1] However Mount Russell sees far less traffic than its much more famous neighbor Mount Whitney.