Mount Ritter, California

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 13,149 ft / 4008 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	37° 41' 21'' N, 119° 11' 58'' W 37.689058, -119.199557 (Dec Deg) 306060 E 4173593 N, Zone 11 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	California
County/Second Level Region	Madera (Highest Point)
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Mount Ritter":      Wikipedia Search      Microsoft Bing Search      Google Search      Yahoo Search Other Web Sites      Mount Ritter at SummitPost.org      Ritter; Mount at ListsOfJohn.com      Weather for Mount Ritter at Mountain-Forecast.com      Mount Ritter at Summits on the Air (Amateur Radio)      CoHP.org Trip Report for Madera, CA by Edward Earl      CoHP.org Trip Report for Madera, CA by Adam Helman      CoHP.org Trip Report for Madera, CA by Peter Maurer Weather and Snow      National Weather Service Forecast      NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain Mount Ritter:      Fred Beckey's Great Peaks of the Continent (Rank #16)      High Points of Counties Crossed by the Pacific Crest Trail (Rank #7)      U.S. County High Points over 13,000 feet - 48 States (Rank #46)      Apex (Toughest) CoHPs (Rank #6)      Fifty Highest CoHPs in Lower 48 (Rank #40)      U.S. County High Points over 13,000 feet (Rank #53)      5000 foot gain CoHPs - 48 States (Rank #14)      USA Lower 48 Range4 High Points (Rank #17)      Fifty Highest CoHPs (Rank #47)      USA Lower 48 Peaks with 4000 feet of Prominence (Unranked)      Top 10 County High Points Grid for U.S. States (Rank #30)      California County High Points (Rank #6)      California County Prominence Peaks (Rank #15)      California Peaks with 25 Miles of Isolation (Rank #24)      2000-foot Prominence CoHPs - 48 States (Rank #87)      5000 foot gain CoHPs (Rank #20)      100 Highest CoHPs in Lower 48 (Rank #40)      Sierra Peaks Section Emblem Peaks (Rank #11)      100 Highest CoHPs (Rank #47)      USA/Canada Range4 High Points (Rank #26) (Peak is on over 20 lists; Not all shown here.) Selected Guidebook(s) for this Peak:        California County Summits (Suttle)
Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 343      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 312) Selected Trip Reports:      1981-08-30 by Joe Wankum (Unsuccessful)      1984-06-30 by Greg Gerlach      1997-08-29 by Richard Carey      2007-08-12 by Dennis Poulin      2009-07-18 by Coby King (GPS Track)      2009-07-31 by Christopher Randall (Unsuccessful)      2009-09-09 by Greg Slayden (GPS Track)      2012-09-09 by Scott Angus (GPS Track)      2012-09-18 by Mike Maki (GPS Track)      2013-07-05 by Mihai Giurgiulescu (GPS Track)      2014-08-07 by Christopher Wessels      2016-07-23 by Keith Bailey      2016-08-30 by Harvest Mondello (Unsuccessful)      2016-09-01 by Kate Ledesma (Unsuccessful)      2016-09-03 by Kate Ledesma      2016-09-16 by Marcus Sierra (GPS Track)      2016-09-16 by Andrew Kirmse      2017-09-11 by Bob Bolton (GPS Track)      2017-09-26 by Clément Guillaume (GPS Track)      2018-08-20 by Yao-Min Chen (GPS Track)      2018-08-25 by Dean Gaudet (GPS Track)      2019-08-21 by Ben R (GPS Track)      2019-09-10 by Steve Walstra (GPS Track)      2020-07-04 by Marcus Lostracco      2020-08-02 by Powen Ru (GPS Track)      2020-08-28 by Michael Toffey (GPS Track)      2021-06-12 by Curtis Nelson (GPS Track)      2021-08-28 by Jay Wright      2021-09-19 by Kurt T      2022-07-08 by Colin Gregory (GPS Track)      2022-07-18 by marta ziobro (GPS Track)      2022-07-30 by Connor Noda (GPS Track)      2022-08-25 by Rob Houghton (GPS Track)      2022-08-29 by Jack Eichler (GPS Track)      2022-09-14 by Damon Alexander      2022-09-17 by TJ Kodras (GPS Track)      2022-09-24 by Garret Stoops (GPS Track)
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Mount Ritter and Banner Peak are reflected in Shadow Lake on a bluebird morning (2009-09-09). Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 3957 ft/1206 m   Optimistic Prominence: 4022 ft/1226 m   Line Parent: Mount Abbot   Key Col: Minaret Summit    9186 ft/2800 m
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 29.93 mi/48.17 km    Isolation Limit Point: 37.409538, -118.782577 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Ruby Peak  (SE)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Pacific Ranges Range3: Sierra Nevada Range4: Yosemite-Ritter Sierra Nevada (Highest Point) Range5: Ritter Range-East Yosemite (Highest Point) Range6: Ritter Range (Highest Point)
Drainage Basins	San Joaquin San Francisco Bay Pacific-Western USA Pacific Ocean
Ownership	Land: Inyo National Forest/Sierra National Forest Wilderness/Special Area: Ansel Adams Wilderness Area (Highest Point)
Topo Map	Mount Ritter O37119f2 1:24,000
First Ascent	October, 1872     Muir, John (United States)
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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Other Photos

Leif and I at the summit of Mt Ritter. (2016-07-23). Photo by Keith Bailey. Click here for larger-size photo.

Minarets from Mount Ritter (2016-09-24). Photo by Kevin Richards. Click here for larger-size photo.

Ediza Lake, Mt Ritter & Banner Pk in background (2017-09-12). Photo by Matt Williams. Click here for larger-size photo.

The ramp connecting the glacier under the base of Classic Chute to the Right Hand Chute (2018-08-20). Photo by Yao-Min Chen. Click here for larger-size photo.

Coming up to West Ridge through the Right Hand Chute on the North Face. (2018-08-20). Photo by Yao-Min Chen. Click here for larger-size photo.

The diagonal ramp connecting the top of Classic Chute (on the West Ridge) to the East Ridge. (2018-08-20). Photo by Yao-Min Chen. Click here for larger-size photo.

This little gem appeared in Mount Ritter's summit register (2014-08-07). Photo by Christopher Wessels. Click here for larger-size photo.

Enjoying the sweeping summit views on Mt Ritter (2016-07-31). Photo by Emily Bei Cheng. Click here for larger-size photo.

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