Rice Minaret
USA /
California /
Mammoth Lakes /
World
/ USA
/ California
/ Mammoth Lakes
World / United States / California
summit, climbing area
Elevation 12,160 feet.
First ascent 11 August 1936 by William Rice and Torcom Bedayan.
Class 4 vía Starr's Chute, or you can make a Class 3 traverse from Bedayan Minaret.
There is also a Class 5 route by way of the Eichorn-Rice Couloir, first climbed by Rich Nagy and Barbara Lilley in September 1965.
First ascent 11 August 1936 by William Rice and Torcom Bedayan.
Class 4 vía Starr's Chute, or you can make a Class 3 traverse from Bedayan Minaret.
There is also a Class 5 route by way of the Eichorn-Rice Couloir, first climbed by Rich Nagy and Barbara Lilley in September 1965.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 37°39'44"N 119°10'42"W
- the Minarets 1 km
- Mount Ritter 4.3 km
- Mount Bruce 29 km
- Half Dome 33 km
- Camiaca Peak 47 km
- Powell Mountain 85 km
- Owens Mountain 91 km
- Henry Peak 111 km
- Black Dyke Mountain 122 km
- Eagle Mountain 132 km
- Volcanic Ridge 3.1 km
- Thousand Island Lake 6.4 km
- Devils Postpile National Monument 10 km
- Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort 14 km
- South Deadman Flow 15 km
- Duck Lake 23 km
- Long Valley Caldera 29 km
- Graveyard Lakes 30 km
- Mammoth Yosemite Airport (MMH/KMMH) 30 km
- Inyo National Forest 80 km