Banner Peak
| Banner Peak | |
|---|---|
 Banner Peak from Thousand Island Lake |
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| Elevation | 12,936 ft (3,943 m) NGVD 29[1] |
| Prominence | 856 ft (261 m) [1] |
| Parent peak | Mount Ritter [2] |
| Listing | Sierra Peaks Section [3] |
| Location | |
| Location | Madera County, California, USA |
| Range | Ritter Range, Sierra Nevada |
| Coordinates | 37°41′48″N 119°11′43″W / 37.6966000°N 119.1951415°WCoordinates: 37°41′48″N 119°11′43″W / 37.6966000°N 119.1951415°W[4] |
| Topo map | USGS Mount Ritter |
| Geology | |
| Type | Metavolcanic rock |
| Age of rock | Cretaceous |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1883 by Willard D. Johnson and John Miller |
| Easiest route | Scramble, class 2 [3][5] |
Banner Peak is the second tallest peak in the Ritter Range of California's Sierra Nevada. The mountain is 12,936 feet (3,943 m) tall and there are a few glaciers on its slopes. It lies within the boundaries of the Ansel Adams Wilderness; at the foot of the peak lie Garnet Lake, Lake Ediza, and the famous Thousand Island Lake. Banner Peak is near the town of Mammoth Lakes; from there, climbers can hike to the foot of the mountain where various routes reach the summit, the easiest of which is a class 2[3] from the west end of Thousand-Island Lake and then the saddle between Banner Peak and the slightly-taller Mount Ritter. Other nearby lakes to the peak include Lake Catherine and Shadow Lake.
The peak was named in 1883 by USGS topographer Willard D. Johnson who observed a banner cloud streaming from the summit.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Banner Peak, California". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=2625. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
- ^ "Mount Ritter - California Mountain Atlas". Peaklist.org. http://www.PeakList.org/CAmtnatlas/tables/whitney/ritter.html. Retrieved 2008-09-22.
- ^ a b c "Sierra Peaks Section List". Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. http://angeles.sierraclub.org/sps/spslist.pdf. Retrieved 2009-12-09.
- ^ "Banner Peak". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:256500. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
- ^ Roper, Steve (1976). The Climber's Guide to the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. p. 109 ff. ISBN 0-87156-147-6.
- ^ Farquhar, Francis P. (1926). Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club. http://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/place_names_of_the_high_sierra/b.html. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
[edit] External links
- "Banner Peak video". YouTube.com. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEwG52pAlek. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
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