| Red Peak | |
|---|---|
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Red_Peak_of_Clark_Range.jpg) From the north-northeast | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 11,699 ft (3,566 m)[1] |
| Prominence | 539 ft (164 m)[1] |
| Parent peak | Merced Peak (11,731 ft)[2] |
| Isolation | 1.52 mi (2.45 km)[2] |
| Listing | Sierra Peaks Section |
| Coordinates | 37°39′13″N 119°24′34″W / 37.6537248°N 119.4094953°W[3] |
| Geography | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Relief_map_of_California.png)  Red Peak Location in California &sq=&lang=&file=File:Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png) Red Peak Red Peak (the United States) | |
| Location | Yosemite National Park Madera County California, U.S. |
| Parent range | Sierra Nevada Clark Range |
| Topo map | USGS Merced Peak |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | Cretaceous |
| Mountain type | Fault block |
| Type of rock | Metamorphic rock |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | class 2[2] |
Red Peak is an 11,699-foot-elevation (3,566 meter) mountain summit located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Madera County of northern California, United States.[3] It is situated in Yosemite National Park, approximately 10.5 miles (16.9 km) southeast of Yosemite Valley, 1.5 mile (2.4 km) south-southeast of Gray Peak, and 1.5 mile (2.4 km) northwest of Merced Peak, the nearest higher neighbor. Red Peak is the second-highest peak in the Clark Range, which is a subset of the Sierra Nevada.[1] This geographical feature's brilliant color is caused by iron-bearing minerals weathered to an iron rust which colors the granite.[4]
- ^ a b c "Red Peak, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
- ^ a b c "Red Peak - 11,699' CA". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
- ^ a b "Red Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
- ^ Richard M. Leonard, Climber’s Guide to the High Sierra (1954)