Sierra Nevada

Notes by piero scaruffi | California hikes | Photos

Highest mountains in California

  1. Mt Whitney (4,421 m)
  2. Mt Williamson (4,380 m)
  3. White Mountain (4,342 m)
  4. North Palisade (4,341 m)
  5. Mount Sill (4,316 m)
  6. Mt Shasta (4,316 m)
  7. Mt Russell (4,293 m)
  8. Split Mountain (4,285 m)
  9. Middle Palisade (4,279 m)
  10. Mt Langley (4,275 m)
  11. Mt Tyndall (4,273 m)
  12. Mt Muir (4,272 m)
  13. Thunderbolt Peak (4,267 m)
  14. Mt Keith (4,260m)
Note: Polemonium Peak (4,328 m) and Starlight Peak (4,328 m) are sub-peaks of North Palisade. Lightning Rod is a sub-peak of Thunderbolt Peak. Apex Peak is a sub-peak of Mt Sill.
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PeakElevation (m)LocationTrailheadRoundtrip (kms)Elevation Gain (m)
Mt Whitney 4419 Sequoia Whitney Portal, Lone Pine 35 1898
Mt Williamson 4382 Inyo Symmes Creek trailhead, Independence 50 3019
North Palisade 4341 Kings Canyon Big Pine 34 2002
Mt Sill 4316 Kings Canyon Big Pine 30? 2259
Mt Russell 4294 Sequoia Whitney Portal, Lone Pine ? 1898
Split Mt 4287 Kings Canyon Red Lake trailhead, Big Pine 24 2284
Mt Langley 4280 Sequoia Cottonwood campground, Lone Pine 33 1280
Mt Tyndall 4273 Inyo Symmes Creek trailhead, Independence 42 2910
Mt Humphreys 4265 John Muir Wilderness Buttermilk Rd 27 1429
Mt Keith 4260 Inyo Symmes, Independence or Onion Valley 50 ?
Mt Darwin 4218 Kings Canyon Lake Sabrina 32 1442
Mt Kaweah 4209 Sequoia Mineral King 54 3929
Mt Abbot 4179 John Muir Wilderness Rock Creek 16 1056
Mt Brewer 4138 Kings Canyon Roads End 42 2938
Mt Goddard 4138 Kings Canyon Lake Sabrina 51 2426
Mt Ritter 4008 Ansel Adams Wilderness Agnew Meadow 29 1611
Mt Lyell 3997 Yosemite Tuolumne Meadows 43 1346
Mt Dana 3979 Yosemite Tioga Pass 10 946
Mt Clarence King 3936 Kings Canyon Onion Valley 53 2796
Matterhorn Peak 3760 Yosemite Twin Lakes 18 1582
Olancha Peak 3697 John Muir Wilderness Sage Flat 34 1927
Half Dome 2695 Yosemite Yosemite Valley 23 1463
El Capitan 2347 Yosemite Yosemite Valley 25 1110


All the mountains over 4000m in the Sierra Nevada
  1. Mt. Whitney 4418
  2. Mt. Williamson 4382
  3. North Palisade 4341
  4. Mt. Sill 4314
  5. Mt. Russell 4294
  6. Polemonium Peak 4292
  7. Split Mountain 4280
  8. Mt. Langley 4274
  9. Mt. Tyndall 4273
  10. Middle Palisade 4271
  11. Mt. Muir 4271
  12. Thunderbolt Peak 4268
  13. Mt. Barnard 4264
  14. Mt. Humphreys 4263
  15. Mt. Keith 4260
  16. Mt. Stanford 4259
  17. Trojan Peak 4251
  18. Disappointment Peak 4242
  19. Mt. Agassiz 4235
  20. Norman Clyde Peak 4223
  21. Junction Peak 4220
  22. Mt. Mallory 4220
  23. Mt. LeConte 4220
  24. Caltech Peak 4216
  25. Mt. Kaweah 4207
  26. Mt. McAdie 4206
  27. Mt. Irvine 4200
  28. Mt. Winchell 4199
  29. Discovery Pinnacle 4192
  30. Broken Finger Peak 4190
  31. Mt. Gabb 4188
  32. Red Kaweah 4182
  33. Mt. Corcoran 4180
  34. Mt. Mendel 4179
  35. Mt. Abbot 4177
  36. Black Kaweah 4170
  37. Midway Mountain 4165
  38. Mt. Tom 4161
  39. Milestone Mountain 4157
  40. Table Mountain 4155
  41. Birch Mountain 4146
  42. Mt. Dade 4145
  43. University Peak 4142
  44. Mt. Brewer 4136
  45. Mt. Goddard 4136
  46. Tunnabora Peak 4134
  47. Mt. Ericsson 4120
  48. Thunder Mountain 4120
  49. Mt. Carillon 4120
  50. Mt. Gayley 4118
  51. Mt. Fiske 4116
  52. Mt. Thompson 4113
  53. Mt. Pinchot 4113
  54. Mt. Hale 4113
  55. Mt. Bolton Brown 4112
  56. Mt. Pickering 4107
  57. Mt. Mills 4100
  58. Mt. Versteeg 4100
  59. Mt. Newcomb 4091
  60. Mt. Haeckel 4090
  61. Mt. Lamarck 4090
  62. Cardinal Mountain 4083
  63. Mt. Jepson 4081
  64. Kaweah Queen 4079
  65. Mt. Darwin 4079
  66. Mt. Wallace 4077
  67. Mt. Hilgard 4072
  68. Mt. Powell 4072
  69. The Thumb 4071
  70. Black Giant 4063
  71. Joe Devel Peak 4062
  72. Mt. Genevra 4060
  73. Black Mountain 4051
  74. Mt. McDuffie 4048
  75. Deerhorn Mt. 4048
  76. Royce Peak 4048
  77. Bear Creek Spire 4045
  78. Mt. Goethe 4043
  79. Mt. Bradley 4043
  80. Gendarme Peak 4039
  81. South Guard 4033
  82. Centennial Peak 4032
  83. North Guard 4026
  84. Mt. Warlow 4025
  85. Mt. Emerson 4025
  86. Mt. Julius Caesar 4023
  87. Mt. Hitchcock 4019
  88. Acrodectes Peak 4018
  89. Basin Mountain 4018
  90. Striped Mountain 4017
  91. Mt. Wynne 4017
  92. Mt. Young 4016
  93. Mt. Chamberlin 4014
  94. Mt. Ritter 4006
  95. Mt. Prater 4006
  96. Mt. Baxter 4004
  97. Diamond Peak 4001
  98. Red Slate Mountain 4000