Mount Ritter
USA /
California /
Mammoth Lakes /
World
/ USA
/ California
/ Mammoth Lakes
World / United States / California
mountain, summit
Elevation 13,143 feet (4006 meters)
Clean prominence 3,957 feet.
Key col 9,186 feet.
This is the highest peak in the Ritter Range, a volcanic ridge west of the Sierra Crest, just outside Yosemite National Park's southeast boundary. The Minarets, a set of more than a dozen fantastically sharp pinnacles in this range, together with Mt. Ritter and Banner Peak make for a striking skyline when viewed from the Mammoth Lakes area.
Mt. Ritter is a popular climb, primarily approached via Agnew Meadow. It can be climbed as a dayhike, but is most often done as a multi-day outing into the surrounding Ansel Adams Wilderness.
The mountain was named by the Whitney Survey in 1864. Karl Ritter (1779-1859) was a professor of history at the University of Berlin when Whitney was a student there during the 1840s.
John Muir made the first ascent in October 1872.
www.summitpost.org/mount-ritter/150499
peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=2626
listsofjohn.com/peak/16797
www.timberlinetrails.com/Ritter.html
peakvisor.com/peak/mount-ritter.html
www.wilderlist.app/mountain/5f04d20f676f544db0f0da4d
Clean prominence 3,957 feet.
Key col 9,186 feet.
This is the highest peak in the Ritter Range, a volcanic ridge west of the Sierra Crest, just outside Yosemite National Park's southeast boundary. The Minarets, a set of more than a dozen fantastically sharp pinnacles in this range, together with Mt. Ritter and Banner Peak make for a striking skyline when viewed from the Mammoth Lakes area.
Mt. Ritter is a popular climb, primarily approached via Agnew Meadow. It can be climbed as a dayhike, but is most often done as a multi-day outing into the surrounding Ansel Adams Wilderness.
The mountain was named by the Whitney Survey in 1864. Karl Ritter (1779-1859) was a professor of history at the University of Berlin when Whitney was a student there during the 1840s.
John Muir made the first ascent in October 1872.
www.summitpost.org/mount-ritter/150499
peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=2626
listsofjohn.com/peak/16797
www.timberlinetrails.com/Ritter.html
peakvisor.com/peak/mount-ritter.html
www.wilderlist.app/mountain/5f04d20f676f544db0f0da4d
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Ritter
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Coordinates: 37°41'18"N 119°11'59"W
- the Minarets 2.5 km
- Volcanic Ridge 3.1 km
- Mammoth Mountain 13 km
- Long Valley Caldera 17 km
- Mount Bruce 28 km
- Casa Diablo Mountain 58 km
- Mount Tom 60 km
- White Mountains 84 km
- Arrow Peak 105 km
- Mount Campbell 111 km
- Thousand Island Lake 3.8 km
- Washburn Lake 15 km
- Cattle Mountain 19 km
- Quartzite Peak 20 km
- Grayling Peak 21 km
- epicenter of M2.6 quake on 2015-07-26 at 04:08:06 (UTC) 21 km
- Chain Lakes 22 km
- Mount Bruce 28 km
- Yosemite National Park 35 km
- Inyo National Forest 83 km