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Sonora Peak, California

Prominence: 1816 ft, 554 m

Elevation: 11,459 feet, 3493 meters

True Isolation: 4.71 mi, 7.57 km

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 11,464 ft / 3495 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	38° 21' 14'' N, 119° 38' 8'' W 38.35385, -119.6355 (Dec Deg) 269708 E 4248364 N, Zone 11 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	California
County/Second Level Region	Alpine (Highest Point)
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Sonora Peak": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search Other Web Sites Sonora Peak at SummitPost.org Sonora Peak at ListsOfJohn.com Weather for Sonora Peak at Mountain-Forecast.com CoHP.org Trip Report for Alpine, CA by Jim Sommerville CoHP.org Trip Report for Alpine, CA by Peter Maurer CoHP.org Trip Report for Alpine, CA by John Garner CoHP.org Trip Report for Alpine, CA by Rich Wilson CoHP.org Trip Report for Alpine, CA by Ron Tagliapietra Weather and Snow National Weather Service Forecast NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain Sonora Peak: USA Lower 48 Range5 High Points (Rank #91) Western Contiguous USA CoHPs (Rank #93) Western USA CoHPs (Rank #100) California Wilderness High Points (Rank #14) California County High Points (Rank #10) Western States Climbers List (Rank #152) High Points of Counties Crossed by the Pacific Crest Trail (Rank #11) Top 10 County High Points Grid for U.S. States (Rank #65) Selected Guidebook(s) for this Peak: California County Summits (Suttle) Selected Trip Reports from this site: 1970-07 by Frederick Johnson 1996-07-05 by Richard Carey 2009-09-13 by Greg Slayden (GPS Track) 2010-06-10 by James Barlow (Unsuccessful) 2010-09-02 by James Barlow 2012-06-20 by George Burgess (GPS Track) 2013-06-15 by Eric Noel 2013-06-30 by Daniel Block 2013-08-12 by Mike Jay (GPS Track) 2013-08-25 by Coby King 2014-09-14 by Mihai Giurgiulescu (GPS Track) 2015-06-20 by Patrick Bergeron (GPS Track) 2015-09-12 by Dean Gaudet (GPS Track) 2015-10-20 by William Inman 2016-05-29 by Mr. L (Unsuccessful) 2016-05-30 by Mr. L (Unsuccessful) 2016-07-09 by Swingshift Hiker 2016-07-09 by Mr. L (GPS Track) 2017-08-10 by Nick Flegel (GPS Track) 2017-09-30 by Kimberly St.Clair 2017-10-07 by Clément Guillaume (GPS Track) 2018-07-24 by Greg Sweel 2018-08-12 by J Thornton View ascents of peak by registered Peakbagger.com members (248 total) Nearby Peak Searches: Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Sonora Peak Elevation Ladder from Sonora Peak Prominence Ladder from Sonora Peak
Sonora Peak is only a couple miles north of Highway 108 at Sonora Pass, and this access helps make the summit an easy hike. Unlike the granite peaks for which the Sierra Nevada is famous, Sonora Peak is a pile of rotten volcanic scree. It is the highest point in Alpine County, California, and there is no higher summit further north in the Sierra.

View from Sonora Peak, CA (2013-07-06). Photo by Jerry Beals. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page (Detailed prominence information) Clean Prominence: 1816 ft/554 m Optimistic Prominence: 1816 ft/554 m Key Col: Sonora Pass 9643 ft/2939 m
Isolation	Isolation Page (Detailed isolation information) Distance: 4.71 mi/7.57 km Isolation Limit Point: 38.2867, -119.6508 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database: Leavitt Peak (S)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Pacific Ranges Range3: Sierra Nevada Range4: Lake Tahoe-Sonora Pass Sierra Nevada Range5: Carson-Iceberg Area (Highest Point)
Drainage Basins	Great Basin Internal Drainage-N.A. Worldwide Internal Drainage
Ownership	Land: Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest/Stanislaus National Forest Wilderness/Special Area: Carson-Iceberg Wilderness Area (Highest Point)
Topo Map	Sonora Pass O38119c6 1:24,000
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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