California’s Highest Summits – Sorted by Elevation

Then it seemed to me the Sierra should be called not the Nevada or Snowy Range,
but the Range of Light.
And after ten years spent in the heart of it, rejoicing and wondering, bathing in its glorious floods of light, seeing the sunbursts of morning among the icy peaks, the noonday radiance on the trees and rocks and snow, the flush of alpenglow and a thousand dashing waterfalls with their marvelous abundance of irised spray,
it still seems to me above all others the Range of Light,
the most divinely beautiful of all the mountain-chains I have ever seen.
– John Muir

California’s Summits above 14,000 feet

– Sorted by Elevation

Notes

Rank	Elev feet	Prom feet	Summit Name	Parent	Iso miles	Quadrangle	Rg	G	J
1	14,495	10,080	Whitney, Mt	Colima, Nevado de Toluca, Nevado de	1,505 1649.81	Mt Whitney	SR	1	1
2	14,375	1,679	Williamson, Mt	Whitney, Mt	5.75	Mt Williamson	SR
	14,271	196	Keeler Needle	Whitney, Mt	0.10	Mt Whitney	SR
3	14,246	7,196	White Mtn Pk	Williamson, Mt	67.72	White Mtn Pk	TS	1	1
4	14,242	2,895	North Palisade	Williamson, Mt	32.32	North Palisade	SR	1	1
	14,220	120	“Starlight Pk”	North Palisade	0.07	North Palisade	SR
	14,206	131	Crooks Pk	Whitney, Mt	0.29	Mt Whitney	SR
5	14,162	9,832	Shasta, Mt	White Mtn Pk North Palisade	335.11 357.1	Mt Shasta	CS	1
6	14,153	413	Sill, Mt	North Palisade	0.62	North Palisade	SR
	14,140	66	“Third Needle”	Whitney, Mt	0.4	Mt Whitney	SR
	14,100	200	Polemonium Pk	North Palisade	0.16	North Palisade	SR
7	14,088	1,129	Russell, Mt	Whitney, Mt	1.08	Whitney, Mt	SR
	14,075	66	“Aiguille Extra”	Whitney, Mt	0.5	Mt Whitney	SR
8	14,058	1,427	Split Mtn	Sill, Mt	6.86	Split Mtn	SR
9	14,025	1,197	Langley, Mt	Whitney, Mt	4.57	Langley, Mt	SR		1
10	14,018	1,125	Tyndall, Mt	Williamson, Mt	1.45	Mt Williamson	SR
11	14,012		Middle Palisade	Split Mtn Sill, Mt	4.27	Split Mtn	SR
12	14,012	331	Muir, Mt	Whitney, Mt	0.67	Mt Whitney	SR
	14,009	131	“Aiguille du Paquoir”	Muir, Mt Whitney, Mt	0.44 0.54	Mt Whitney	SR
	14,003	223	Thunderbolt Pk	North Palisade	0.29	North Palisade	SR

Notes by Gerry Roach

Our California climbs above 14,000 feet
Gerry Roach’s totals: 4 ascents; 4/12 hard ranked; 4/20 overall
Jennifer Roach’s totals: 4 ascents; 4/12 hard ranked; 4/20 overall
Gerry and Jennifer’s combined total as of 8/13/05: 8 ascents
There are 20 summits on this list, of which 12 are hard ranked.

California’s Summits above 14,000 feet

– Sorted by Elevation

Notes by Gerry Roach

Our California climbs above 14,000 feet

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