Mount Ritter

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Mount Ritter

Mount Ritter (left) from the John Muir Trail, July 2006
Elevation 13,149 ft (4,008 m) NAVD 88[1]
Prominence 3,957 ft (1,206 m)[1]
Parent peak Red Slate Mountain[1]
Listing SPS Emblem peak[2]
Highest point in Madera County[1]
Location
Location John Muir Wilderness,
Madera County, California, U.S.
Range Sierra Nevada, Ritter Range
Coordinates 37°41′22″N 119°11′57″W / 37.689378°N 119.1990298°W / 37.689378; -119.1990298Coordinates: 37°41′22″N 119°11′57″W / 37.689378°N 119.1990298°W / 37.689378; -119.1990298[3]
Topo map USGS Mount Ritter
Geology
Type Metavolcanic rock
Age of rock Cretaceous
Climbing
First ascent 1872 by John Muir[4]
Easiest route Snow/rock scramble

Mount Ritter is located in the Sierra Nevada, in Madera County of California, in the Western United States. It is in the Ansel Adams Wilderness of the Inyo and Sierra National Forests. Mount Ritter is the 16th highest mountain peak of California.

Geography

Mount Ritter is made of a strikingly dark rock, and is quite prominent due to its height (over 13,000 ft) and isolation.[1] It is in the middle of the Ritter Range, which includes Banner Peak and the Minarets. The prominent and memorable shape of the Ritter-Banner pair is visible from high elevations far to both north and south along the Sierras.

The mountain is named for Carl Ritter, who had been a teacher of Josiah Whitney, chief of the California Geological Survey, when he was a student in Berlin during the 1840s.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Mount Ritter, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2009-08-09. 
  2. ↑ "Sierra Peaks Section List". Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. http://angeles.sierraclub.org/sps/spslist.pdf. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
  3. ↑ "Mount Ritter". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-08-09. 
  4. ↑ Muir, John. "Mount Ritter". The Mountains of California. Retrieved 2009-08-09. 
  5. ↑ Browning, Peter (1986). Place Names of the Sierra Nevada. Berkeley: Wilderness Press. p. 183. ISBN 0-89997-047-8. 

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