East Sister, Nevada

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 10,409 ft / 3173 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	38° 31' 24'' N, 119° 17' 25'' W 38.523362, -119.290252 (Dec Deg) 300347 E 4266372 N, Zone 11 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	Nevada
County/Second Level Region	Lyon
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Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 92      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 85) Selected Trip Reports:      2009-08-05 by Bob Burd      2009-09-06 by Brad Boester      2011-07-16 by John Fedak      2015-10-27 by Rick Peterson      2016-08-04 by Bob McLaughlin (GPS Track)      2016-10-08 by Greg Gerlach (GPS Track)      2018-07-07 by Dean Gaudet      2018-09-05 by Greg Sweel      2019-05-05 by Bo Meng (GPS Track)      2019-06-29 by Brett Marciasini      2019-07-02 by Sean King (GPS Track)      2019-11-05 by David Porter (GPS Track)      2020-04-25 by Andrew Schaper (GPS Track)      2020-04-25 by David Schaper      2020-06-19 by Jamie Dahl      2020-07-04 by Briana Jaskot      2020-07-04 by Michael Jaskot      2021-06-25 by Marc Belanger (GPS Track)      2021-06-26 by Chad Thomas (GPS Track)      2021-07-03 by Alex Ramos (GPS Track)      2021-09-12 by Rafee Memon (GPS Track)      2021-12-05 by Sean Casserly      2023-05-27 by Mischa Friegang
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The south side of East Sister is brushy. Taken from the facing slope of Middle Sister (2018-07-07). Photo by Andrew Kirmse. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 724 ft/221 m   Optimistic Prominence: 764 ft/233 m   Key Col: 9680 ft/2950 m
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 0.93 mi/1.49 km    Isolation Limit Point: 38.51, -119.2917 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Middle Sister - Northeast Ridge  (S)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Intermountain West Range3: Great Basin Ranges Range4: West Great Basin Ranges Range5: Pine Nut-Sweetwater Ranges
Drainage Basins	Walker Great Basin Internal Drainage-N.A. Worldwide Internal Drainage
Ownership	Land: Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
Topo Map	Desert Creek Peak O38119e3 1:24,000
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
Dynamic Map  East Sister   ( Key Col)    Other Peaks Click Here for a Full Screen Map

Other Photos

Sweetwater Mountains. Middle Sister (left) and East Sister (right) (2019-06-29). Photo by Brett Marciasini. Click here for larger-size photo.

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