Mount Ritter

Mount Ritter
Mount Ritter (on the left) from the John 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	North America highest peaks 124th US highest major peaks 103rd California highest major peaks 15th California county high points 6th SPS Emblem peak[2]
Coordinates	37°41′22″N 119°11′57″W / 37.689378°N 119.1990298°W / 37.689378; -119.1990298[3]
Geography
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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 by John Muir[4]
Easiest route	Snow/rock scramble

Mount Ritter is the highest mountain in Madera County, California, in the Western United States, at an elevation of 13,149 feet (4,008 m). It is also the highest and most prominent peak of its namesake, the Ritter Range, a subrange of the Sierra Nevada in the Ansel Adams Wilderness of the Inyo and Sierra National Forests. Mount Ritter is the 15th highest mountain peak in California with at least 500 meters of topographic prominence.