Ritter Range
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| Ritter Range | |
| Range | |
 Mount Ritter and Banner Peak
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| Country | United States |
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| State | California |
| Region | Ansel Adams Wilderness |
| Part of | Sierra Nevada |
| Highest point | Mount Ritter |
| - elevation | 13,143 ft (4,006 m) |
| Length | 15 mi (24 km), NS |
| Width | 9 mi (14 km), EW |
| Period | Cretaceous |
The Ritter Range is a small mountain range within California's Sierra Nevada. Most of the mountain range lies within the Ansel Adams Wilderness. The Ritter Range is most easily accessible from Mammoth Lakes, where hiking trails lead to lakes throughout the range. The John Muir Trail passes by many lakes within the Ritter Range. The most prominent peaks of the Ritter Range are Mount Ritter, at 13,143 feet, Banner Peak, at 12,936 feet, and the Minarets, a group of sharp peaks south of Mt. Ritter. Thousand Island Lake, Ediza Lake, Garnet Lake, Lake Catherine, Minaret Lake, Cecile Lake, and Shadow Lake all lie within the Ritter Range, and are accessible by trail.
The range is named for Carl Ritter, who had been a teacher of Josiah Whitney when he was a student in Berlin in the 1840s."[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Browning, Peter (1986) Place Names of the Sierra Nevada. Berkeley: Wildnerness Press. p. 183.
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