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Big Bird Peak, California

Prominence: 680 ft, 208 m

Elevation: 11,600+ feet, 3536+ meters

True Isolation: 1.17 mi, 1.88 km

Elevation Info:	Elevation range: 11,600 - 11,640 ft (40-foot closed contour)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	36° 36' 46'' N, 118° 36' 15'' W 36.612745, -118.60416 (Dec Deg)
Country	United States
State/Province	California
County/Second Level Region	Tulare
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Big Bird Peak": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search Other Web Sites Peak 11600 at ListsOfJohn.com Big Bird Peak at Summits on the Air (Amateur Radio) Weather and Snow National Weather Service Forecast NOAA Snow Depth Map
Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 8 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 8) Selected Trip Reports from this site: 2011-09-22 by Bob Burd 2014-08-23 by Nathan Ayotte 2016-09-24 by El Puma Verde
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In The High Sierra - Peaks, Passes and Trails, R. J. Secor describes this peak as 11,600' (two feet lower than "Peak 11600," which is about a mile due east), and notes that this peak "has also been called 'Bird Peak' and 'Ghost Mountain.'" Secord notes the first ascent was in 1936 by May Pridham & party, and gives the west slope a class 2 rating.

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Prominence	Key Col Page (Detailed prominence information) Clean Prominence: 680 ft/208 m Optimistic Prominence: 760 ft/232 m Key Col: 10,920 ft/3328 m
Isolation	Isolation Page (Detailed isolation information) Distance: 1.17 mi/1.88 km Isolation Limit Point: 36.6033, -118.5867 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database: Glacier Ridge (SE)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Pacific Ranges Range3: Sierra Nevada Range4: Sequoia Sierra Nevada Range5: Western Sequoia-Kings Canyon Area
Drainage Basins	Kings Tulare Lake Bed South San Joaquin Basin Internal Drainage-N.A. Worldwide Internal Drainage
Ownership	Land: Kings Canyon National Park Wilderness/Special Area: Sequoia-Kings Canyon Wilderness Area
Topo Map	Triple Divide Peak O36118e5 1:24,000
Data Source	Partially verified user peak addition This peak was submitted to the Peakbagger.com database by Aidan Butler.

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