Cloudripper | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 13,525 ft (4,122 m) NAVD 88[1] |
Prominence | 845 ft (258 m)[1] |
Parent peak | Mount Agassiz (13,899 ft)[2] |
Isolation | 2.12 mi (3.41 km)[2] |
Listing | Sierra Peaks Section |
Coordinates | 37°08′34″N 118°31′50″W / 37.1427527°N 118.5304693°W[3] |
Geography | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | Inyo |
Protected area | John Muir Wilderness |
Parent range | Sierra Nevada Palisades Inconsolable Range[1] |
Topo map | USGS Mount Thompson |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1926 or 1927 Norman Clyde |
Easiest route | East Ridge |
Cloudripper is a 13,525-foot-elevation (4,122 meter) mountain summit located two miles east of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Inyo County of northern California, United States.[3] It is situated in the Palisades area of the John Muir Wilderness, on land managed by Inyo National Forest. It is approximately 14 miles (23 km) west of the community of Big Pine, 1.1 miles (1.8 km) north-northeast of Picture Puzzle, and 2.1 miles (3.4 km) south of parent Mount Agassiz. Cloudripper ranks as the 58th highest summit in California,[2] and the highest point of the Inconsolable Range.[1]