Banner Peak

Banner Peak

Infobox Mountain
Location=California, United States
Range=Ritter Range, Sierra Nevada
Elevation=12,936 feet (3,943 m)

Prominence = Convert|928|ft|m|0 cite web
url = http://www.peaklist.org/CAmtnatlas/tables/whitney/ritter.html
title = MOUNT RITTER - California Mountain Atlas
work = Peaklist.org
accessdate = 2008-09-22 ]
Parent peak = Mount Ritter

Topographic
USGS Mount Ritter
Coordinates=coord|37|41|48|N|119|11|37|W|type:mountain_region:US|display=inline,title
Name=Banner Peak
Photo=Ritter and banner.jpg
Caption=Banner Peak (right) from the John Muir Trail, July 2006
Age=Cretaceous
Type=Metavolcanic rock
First ascent=1883 by Willard D. Johnson and John Miller
Easiest route=scramble

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 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, the easiest of which is a class 3, reach the summit. Other nearby lakes to the peak include Lake Catherine, Shadow Lake, and Ediza Lake.

The peak was named by USGS topographer Willard D. Johnson in 1883 for the cloud-banners streaming from its summit.

References

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEwG52pAlek Banner Peak view] , a 380-degree video taken from Banner Peak


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