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Mount Muir, California

Prominence: 298 ft, 91 m

Elevation: 14,012 feet, 4271 meters

True Isolation: 0.5 mi, 0.8 km

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 14,018 ft / 4273 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	36° 33' 53'' N, 118° 17' 29'' W 36.564743, -118.291253 (Dec Deg) 384455 E 4047365 N, Zone 11 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	California
County/Second Level Region	Inyo Tulare
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Mount Muir": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search Other Web Sites Mount Muir at SummitPost.org Mount Muir at ListsOfJohn.com Weather for Mount Muir at Mountain-Forecast.com Weather and Snow National Weather Service Forecast NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain Mount Muir: North America 14,000-foot Peaks (Unranked) California 14,000-foot Peaks (Unranked) United States 13,750-foot Peaks (Unranked) Sierra Club Sierra Peaks Section (Rank #9) Western States Climbers List (Rank #12) California 13,500-foot Peaks (Unranked) Vagmarken Sierra Crest List (Rank #8) Western States Climbers Emblem Peaks (Rank #1) USA 48-States 14,000-foot Peaks (Unranked) United States 14,000-foot Peaks (Unranked) Selected Trip Reports from this site: 1986-09-06 by Greg Gerlach 1996-08-11 by Eric Kassan 2001-08-12 by Bob Burd 2002-08-24 by Bob Burd 2007-08-10 by Sean Casserly 2012-07-27 by Joe Kenny 2012-09-08 by BMS 914 (GPS Track) 2013-06-28 by Marcus Sierra 2013-08-26 by Bob Burd 2013-09-03 by Patrick ONeill (GPS Track) 2013-11-10 by Brandon Boulier (GPS Track) 2014-06-26 by Rob Woodall 2015-08-10 by Sandy Lara 2015-08-21 by Tony Brown (Unsuccessful) (GPS Track) 2016-07-06 by Coby King 2016-08-04 by Serguei Okountsev (GPS Track) 2017-06-08 by Tarush Bali 2017-09-20 by Adam Lievers 2017-09-28 by Rafee Memon 2017-10-01 by Scott Larson (GPS Track) 2017-10-21 by Ken Kirtley (GPS Track) 2017-10-21 by Sean Kirtley 2017-12-28 by Jake Robinson 2018-08-18 by Jason Park (GPS Track) 2018-09-02 by Megan Birdsill 2018-10-23 by Mike Elliott View ascents of peak by registered Peakbagger.com members (270 total) Nearby Peak Searches: Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Mount Muir Elevation Ladder from Mount Muir Prominence Ladder from Mount Muir

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Mount Whitney viewed from Mount Muir summit (2013-09-03). Photo by Patrick ONeill.
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Prominence

Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)
  Clean Prominence: 298 ft/91 m
  Optimistic Prominence: 363 ft/111 m
  Line Parent: Aiguille Extra
  Key Col: 13,714 ft/4180 m

Isolation

Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)
   Distance: 0.5 mi/0.8 km
   Isolation Limit Point: 36.571943, -118.290405
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
    Aiguille Extra  (N)

Ranges

Continent: North America
Range2: Pacific Ranges
Range3: Sierra Nevada
Range4: Sequoia Sierra Nevada
Range5: Mount Whitney Group

Ridges/Divides

Pacific Crest
Sierra Nevada Crest

Drainage Basins

Kern
Buena Vista Lake Bed
South San Joaquin Basin
Internal Drainage-N.A.
Worldwide Internal Drainage

Owens Valley
Great Basin
Internal Drainage-N.A.
Worldwide Internal Drainage

Ownership

Land: Sequoia National Park/Inyo National Forest
Wilderness/Special Area: Sequoia-Kings Canyon Wilderness Area/John Muir Wilderness Area

Topo Map

Mount Whitney O36118e3 1:24,000

Route #1

Scramble: Mt. Whitney Trail/West Side
Trailhead: Whiney Portal Campground (Paved Road) 8350 ft/2545 m
Vertical Gain: 5662 ft/1726 m
Distance (one way): 10.75 mi/17.3 km

Data Source

1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map

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CROWDED SUMMIT REGISTER! (2014-06-30). Photo by JT Newgard.
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