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South Sierra Crest

Range Type	Mountain range with well-recognized name
Highest Point	Olancha Peak (12,123 ft/3695 m)
Countries	United States
States/Provinces	California
Area	647 sq mi / 1,677 sq km Area may include lowland areas
Extent	59 mi / 95 km North-South 20 mi / 31 km East-West
Center Lat/Long	36° 1' N; 118° 2' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of South Sierra Crest
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the South Sierra Crest.

Southern Sierra Nevada	Level 4 (Parent)
Central South Sierra	Level 5 (Sibling)
South Sierra Crest	Level 5
Greenhorn Mountains	Level 5 (Sibling)
Scodie Mountains	Level 5 (Sibling)
Piute Mountains	Level 5 (Sibling)
Tehachapi Mountains	Level 5 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the South Sierra Crest

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range6
1.	Olancha Peak	12,123	3695
2.	Ed Lane Point	11,306	3446
3.	Muah Mountain	11,016	3358
4.	Ash Meadow Peak	10,840+	3304+
5.	Peak 10800	10,800+	3292+
6.	Peak 10680	10,680+	3255+
7.	Sharknose Ridge	10,640+	3243+
8.	Cartago Peak	10,480+	3194+
9.	Death Canyon Peak	10,360+	3158+
10.	Brown Mountain	9958	3035
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Photos of Peaks in the South Sierra Crest

Olancha Peak Olancha Peak from Pacific Crest Trail, approaching from the south (2012-05-27). Photo by Chris Gordon. Click here for larger-size photo.	Muah Mountain Sierra Club (2017-08-19). Photo by Jason Park. Click here for larger-size photo.
Cartago Peak Summit Register (2018-07-15). Photo by Jason Park. Click here for larger-size photo.	Owens Peak Owens Peak from Mount Jenkins (2017-04-16). Photo by Bill Carpenter. Click here for larger-size photo.
Sawtooth Peak Sawtooth from the steep climb from the southwest (2022-03-25). Photo by Andrew Kirmse. Click here for larger-size photo.	Mount Jenkins Jenkins (left) and Morris (right) from the PCT (2019-04-06). Photo by Garrett McLean. Click here for larger-size photo.
Spanish Needle Spanish Needle is less of a needle and more of a dome (2017-05-20). Photo by William Chen. Click here for larger-size photo.	Lamont Peak Register (2017-06-04). Photo by Jason Park. Click here for larger-size photo.
Morris Peak Jenkins (left) and Morris (right) from the PCT (2019-04-06). Photo by Garrett McLean. Click here for larger-size photo.	Russell Peak The southwest ridge is left of center (2019-04-05). Photo by Garrett McLean. Click here for larger-size photo.

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