| Mount Ritter | |
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 Mount Ritter (on the left) from theJohn Muir Trail | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 13,149 ft (4,008 m) NAVD 88[1] |
| Prominence | 3,957 ft (1,206 m)[1] |
| Parent peak | Red Slate Mountain[1] |
| Listing |
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| Coordinates | 37°41′22″N119°11′57″W / 37.689378°N 119.1990298°W /37.689378; -119.1990298[3] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Ritter Location in California Show map of California Mount Ritter Mount Ritter (the United States) Show map of the United States | |
| Location | Ansel Adams Wilderness, Madera County,California,U.S. |
| Parent range | Ritter Range,Sierra Nevada |
| Topo map | USGS Mount Ritter |
| Geology | |
| Rock age | Cretaceous |
| Mountain type | Metavolcanic rock |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1872 byJohn Muir[4] |
| Easiest route | Snow/rockscramble |
Mount Ritter is the highest mountain inMadera County,California, in theWestern United States, at an elevation of 13,149 feet (4,008 m). It is also the highest and most prominent peak of its namesake, theRitter Range, a subrange of theSierra Nevada in theAnsel Adams Wilderness of theInyo andSierra National Forests. Mount Ritter is the 15thhighest mountain peak in California with at least 500 meters of topographic prominence.
Mount Ritter is made of strikingly dark rock and is quite prominent due to its height and isolation.[1] It is in the middle of theRitter Range, which includes neighboringBanner Peak and theMinarets. The prominent and memorable shape of the Ritter–Banner pair is visible from high elevations far to the north and south in the Sierra Nevada.
Mount Ritter was named byJosiah Whitney, chief of theCalifornia Geological Survey, forCarl Ritter, who had been a teacher of his when he was a student inBerlin during the 1840s.[5]
| Climate data for Mount Ritter 37.6852 N, 119.2000 W, Elevation: 12,306 ft (3,751 m) (1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 28.7 (−1.8) | 27.4 (−2.6) | 30.1 (−1.1) | 34.3 (1.3) | 41.9 (5.5) | 51.5 (10.8) | 59.4 (15.2) | 58.9 (14.9) | 53.4 (11.9) | 44.6 (7.0) | 34.8 (1.6) | 28.6 (−1.9) | 41.1 (5.1) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 19.3 (−7.1) | 17.4 (−8.1) | 19.6 (−6.9) | 22.7 (−5.2) | 29.7 (−1.3) | 39.1 (3.9) | 46.5 (8.1) | 45.8 (7.7) | 40.5 (4.7) | 32.6 (0.3) | 24.9 (−3.9) | 19.5 (−6.9) | 29.8 (−1.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 10.0 (−12.2) | 7.4 (−13.7) | 9.1 (−12.7) | 11.2 (−11.6) | 17.6 (−8.0) | 26.6 (−3.0) | 33.6 (0.9) | 32.7 (0.4) | 27.5 (−2.5) | 20.7 (−6.3) | 15.0 (−9.4) | 10.4 (−12.0) | 18.5 (−7.5) |
| Averageprecipitation inches (mm) | 11.94 (303) | 9.36 (238) | 8.97 (228) | 5.18 (132) | 2.76 (70) | 0.70 (18) | 0.53 (13) | 0.37 (9.4) | 0.48 (12) | 2.93 (74) | 4.11 (104) | 10.03 (255) | 57.36 (1,456.4) |
| Source: PRISM Climate Group[6] | |||||||||||||
To find the table data on the PRISM website, start by clickingCoordinates (underLocation); copyLatitude andLongitude figures from top of table; clickZoom to location; clickPrecipitation, Minimum temp, Mean temp, Maximum temp; click30-year normals, 1991-2020; click800m; clickRetrieve Time Series button.
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