Mount Ritter
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| Mount Ritter | |
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 Mount Ritter (left) from the John Muir Trail, July 2006 |
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| Elevation | 13,140 feet (4,010 m) |
| Location | Madera County, California, USA |
| Range | Sierra Nevada |
| Prominence | 3,957 feet (1,206 m)[1] |
| Coordinates | [2] |
| Topo map | USGS Mount Ritter |
| Type | Metavolcanic rock |
| Age of rock | Cretaceous |
| First ascent | 1872 by John Muir[3] |
| Easiest route | snow/rock scramble |
| Listing | SPS Emblem peak |
Mount Ritter is located in the Sierra Nevada of the state of California, in the southwestern United States. It is made of a strikingly dark rock, and is quite prominent, because it is the highest peak within 30 miles (48 km). It is in the middle of the Ritter Range, which include Banner Peak and the Minarets.
The mountain is named for Carl Ritter, who had been a teacher of Josiah Whitney when he was a student in Berlin in the 1840s."[4]
[edit] See also
- List of highest points in California by county
- Mountain peaks of California
- Mountain peaks of North America
- Mountain peaks of the United States
[edit] Notes
- ^ Mount Ritter on Peakbagger.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-30.
- ^ USGS GNIS: Mount Ritter
- ^ John Muir on Mount Ritter. Retrieved on 2008-03-30.
- ^ Browning, Peter (1986). Place Names of the Sierra Nevada. Berkeley: Wildnerness Press, p. 183. ISBN 0-89997-047-8.
[edit] External links
- Mount Ritter on TierraWiki.org
- Mount Ritter on Summitpost.org
- Aerial View of Ritter, Banner, and Surrounding Peaks
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