Mount Lyell, California

Elevation: 13,114 feet, 3997 meters

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 13,120 ft / 3999 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	37° 44' 22'' N; 119° 16' 18'' W 37.739392, -119.271615 (Dec Deg) 299841E 4179330N Zone 11 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	California
County/Second Level Region	Madera Tuolumne (Highest Point)
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Mount Lyell":      Wikipedia Search      Microsoft Bing Search      Google Search      Yahoo Search Other Web Sites      SummitPost.org Page for Mount Lyell      CoHP.org Trip Report for Tuolumne, CA by Edward Earl      CoHP.org Trip Report for Tuolumne, CA by Andy Martin      CoHP.org Trip Report for Tuolumne, CA by Richard Carey      CoHP.org Trip Report for Tuolumne, CA by Jobe Wymore      CoHP.org Trip Report for Tuolumne, CA by Peter Maurer      CoHP.org Trip Report for Tuolumne, CA by Ron Tagliapietra      CoHP.org Trip Report for Tuolumne, CA by Kathy Wing Lists that contain Mount Lyell:      California Wilderness High Points (Rank #6)      Apex (Toughest) CoHPs (Rank #7)      California County High Points (Rank #7)      High Points of Counties Crossed by the Pacific Crest Trail (Rank #8)      U.S. National Park High Points (Rank #10)      Sierra Peaks Section Emblem Peaks (Rank #12)      Sierra Sampler List (Rank #31)      Top 10 County High Points Grid for U.S. States (Rank #32)      Fifty Highest CoHPs in Lower 48 (Rank #42)      Western States Climbers Star Peaks (Rank #46)      U.S. County High Points over 13,000 feet - 48 States (Rank #48)      Western Contiguous USA CoHPs (Rank #48)      Fifty Highest CoHPs (Rank #49)      Vagamarken Sierra Crest List (Rank #51)      U.S. County High Points over 13,000 feet (Rank #55)      Western USA CoHPs (Rank #55)      Western States Climbers List (Rank #80)      Sierra Club Sierra Peaks Section (Rank #92) Selected Guidebook(s) for this Peak:        California County Summits (Suttle) Selected Trip Reports from this site:      1964-07-19 by Frederick Johnson      1993-08-01 by Asher Waxman      2002-08-28 by Richard Carey      2002-09-12 by Jerry Beals (Unsuccessful)      2006-10-28 by Dennis Poulin      2009-09-11 by Greg Slayden (GPS Track) View ascents of peak by registered Peakbagger.com members. Nearby Peak Searches:      Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Mount Lyell      Elevation Ladder from Mount Lyell      Prominence Ladder from Mount Lyell

The tilted summit plateau of Mount Lyell and the shrinking Lyell Glacier below. Click here for original larger-size photo.
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Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Pacific Ranges Range3: Sierra Nevada Range4: Yosemite-Ritter Sierra Nevada Range5: Ritter Range-East Yosemite Range6: Southeast Yosemite Crest (Highest Point)
Drainage Basins	San Joaquin San Francisco Bay Pacific Ocean
Ownership	Land: Yosemite National Park (Highest Point) Wilderness/Special Area: Yosemite Wilderness Area (Highest Point)
Topo Map	Mount Lyell O37119f3 1:24,000
Prominence	Clean Prominence: 1927 ft/587 m Optimistic Prominence: 1927 ft/587 m Key Col: 11,187 ft/3410 m     Topo Map: Mount Ritter O37119f2 1:24,000     Key Col Lat/Long: 37° 42' 5'' N; 119° 12' 22'' W     Key Col Map Links: Acme Mapper   MyTopo   Gmap4   MS-Research TopoQuest   Bing Maps   MSN/Encarta   Google Maps
Isolation	5.26 mi/8.46 km Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Mount Ritter  (SE) Not verified: May be a major NHN that is not in the database.
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Other Photos

The Lyell Canyon trail passes through many meadows as it approaches Mount Lyell and other high peaks in the distance. Click here for original larger-size photo.

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