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Turtlehead Junior, Nevada
Prominence: 320 ft, 98 m
Elevation: 4920+ feet, 1500+ meters
True Isolation: 0.39 mi, 0.62 km
Elevation Info:
Elevation range: 4920 - 4960 ft
(40-foot closed contour)
NAVD88 Elevation
: 4923 ft / 1501 m
(Range 4923 - 4963 ft)
Local or Alternate Name(s)
Alternate: Red Cap
Peak Type
Unofficially Named Peak
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)
36° 9' 58'' N, 115° 26' 34'' W
36.166074, -115.442769 (Dec Deg)
640060 E 4003492 N, Zone 11 (UTM)
Country
United States
State/Province
Nevada
County/Second Level Region
Clark
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Red Cap (Turtlehead Junior) at SummitPost.org
"Red Cap" at ListsOfJohn.com
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Ascent Info
Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users:
193
Show all viewable ascents/attempts
(Total: 184)
Selected Trip Reports:
2011-03-12 by Eric Kassan (GPS Track)
2011-05-28 by BMS 914 (Unsuccessful) (GPS Track)
2011-06-04 by BMS 914 (GPS Track)
2012-01-07 by BMS 914 (GPS Track)
2012-03-04 by Frank Toddre II
2012-11-08 by jeff branin
2013-01-05 by Steven Thompson (GPS Track)
2013-11-24 by James Morehouse
2015-11-27 by John Morrow
2016-02-15 by Bob Burd
2016-12-18 by Sean Phillips
2017-02-14 by Paula Raimondi
2018-04-12 by Stav Basis
2018-09-18 by Paula Raimondi
2018-11-09 by Paula Raimondi
2019-09-12 by Paula Raimondi
2019-11-02 by Paula Raimondi
2020-01-09 by Paula Raimondi (GPS Track)
2020-01-14 by Paula Raimondi
2020-03-06 by Paula Raimondi (GPS Track)
2020-03-30 by Paula Raimondi
2020-04-17 by Paula Raimondi (GPS Track)
2020-09-28 by Paula Raimondi (GPS Track)
2020-11-17 by Paula Raimondi
2020-12-04 by Paula Raimondi
2020-12-25 by Jon Avery (GPS Track)
2021-05-11 by Scott Kruis (GPS Track)
2022-01-13 by Paula Raimondi (GPS Track)
2022-01-13 by Adam Walker
2022-11-25 by Stav Basis
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Also known as Red Cap
Climbing the final red summit block of Turtlehead Jr. There is a nice rock climbing move in the corner (2011-06-15). Photo by
Scott Kruis
.
Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence
Key Col Page
(Detailed prominence information)
Clean Prominence
: 320 ft/98 m
Optimistic Prominence
: 400 ft/122 m
Key Col
: 4600 ft/1402 m
Isolation
Isolation Page
(Detailed isolation information)
Distance: 0.39 mi/0.62 km
Isolation Limit Point
: 36.1717, -115.4425
Nearest Higher Neighbor
in the
PBC database
:
New Peak
(N)
Ranges
Continent:
North America
Range2:
Intermountain West
Range3:
Great Basin Ranges
Range4:
South Great Basin Ranges
Range5:
Spring Mountains
Drainage Basins
Colorado
Gulf of California
Pacific-Central America/Mexico
Pacific Ocean
Ownership
Land: Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area
Topo Map
La Madre Mountain O36115b4 1:24,000
Data Source
1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
This peak was submitted to the Peakbagger.com database by
Eric Kassan
.
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Other Photos
Finishing the crux move to climb Turtlehead Jr. Head up the slot on the lower right and then either follow the corner to the top, or climb the face just left of corner (easier) (2011-06-15). Photo by
Scott Kruis
.
Click here for larger-size photo.
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