Mount Ritter

Mount Ritter
Mount Ritter (on the left) from the John Muir Trail
Highest point
Elevation	13,143 ft (4,006 m)  NAVD 88[1]
Prominence	3,957 ft (1,206 m) [1]
Parent peak	Red Slate Mountain[1]
Listing	North America highest peaks 124th US highest major peaks 103rd California highest major peaks 16th California county high points 6th SPS Emblem peak[2]
Coordinates	37°41′22″N 119°11′57″W / 37.689378°N 119.1990298°WCoordinates: 37°41′22″N 119°11′57″W / 37.689378°N 119.1990298°W [3]
Geography
Location	Ansel Adams Wilderness, Madera County, California, U.S.
Parent range	Sierra Nevada, Ritter Range
Topo map	USGS Mount Ritter
Geology
Age of rock	Cretaceous
Mountain type	Metavolcanic rock
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 101st 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 Sierra Nevada.

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

See also

• List of highest points in California by county

References

1. "Mount Ritter, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
2. "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
3. "Mount Ritter". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
4. Muir, John. "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.

External links

• "Mount Ritter". SummitPost.org. Retrieved 2011-06-01.
• "Aerial View of Ritter, Banner, and Surrounding Peaks". Retrieved 2011-06-01.