Sierra Nevada

Notes by piero scaruffi | California hikes | Photos

Highest mountains in California

  1. Mt Whitney (4,421m)
  2. Mt Williamson (4,380m)
  3. White Mountain (4,342m)
  4. North Palisade (4,341m)
  5. Mount Sill (4,316m)
  6. Mt Shasta (4,316m)
  7. Mt Russell (4,294m)
  8. Split Mountain (4,285m)
  9. Middle Palisade (4,271m)
  10. Mt Langley (4,275m)
  11. Mt Tyndall (4,273m)
  12. Mt Muir (4,272m)
  13. Thunderbolt Peak (4,268m)
  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. Shasta is not located in the Sierra Nevada. White Mountain is not located in the Sierra Nevada. 		(Click on map to enlarge)

Pictures of these mountains

Topomap of the High Sierra

Most popular peaks in the Sierra Nevada

PeakElevation (m)LocationTrailheadRoundtrip (kms)Elevation Gain (m)
Mt Whitney 4421 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 South Lake (2990) 48 1326
Mt Russell 4294 Sequoia Whitney Portal, Lone Pine ? 1898
Split Mt 4285 Kings Canyon Red Lake trailhead, Big Pine 24 2284
Middle Palisade 4271 Kings Canyon Big Pine ? 1979
Mt Langley 4280 Sequoia Cottonwood campground, Lone Pine 33 1280
Mt Tyndall 4273 Inyo Symmes Creek trailhead, Independence 42 2910
Mt Muir 4272 Sequoia Whitney Portal, Lone Pine 33 1898
Thunderbolt Peak 4268 Kings Canyon South Lake (2990) 36 1278
Mt Humphreys 4265 John Muir Wilderness Buttermilk Rd 27 1429
Mt Barnard 4264 Sequoia Whitney Portal 74 1906
Mt Keith 4260 Inyo Symmes, Independence 38 2923
Mt Stanford 4259 Inyo Onion Valley ? 1459
Mt Agassiz 4235 Kings Canyon South Lake (2990) 32 1245
Mt Darwin 4218 Kings Canyon Lake Sabrina 32 1442
Mt Kaweah 4209 Sequoia Mineral King 54 3929
Caltech Peak 4207 Inyo Symmes Creek trailhead, Independence 56 2287
Mt Morgan 4190 John Muir Wilderness Rock Creek Lake 16 1235
Mt Abbot 4179 John Muir Wilderness Mosquito Flat 16 1056
Mt Tom 4161 John Muir Wilderness Pine Creek Road 17 2346
Mt Brewer 4138 Kings Canyon Roads End 42 2938
Mt Goddard 4138 Kings Canyon Lake Sabrina 51 2426
Mt Gayley 4118 Kings Canyon Big Pine 29 2259
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 4000-meter high in the Sierra Nevada
  1. Mt Whitney 4421
  2. Mt Williamson 4382
  3. North Palisade 4341
  4. Mt Sill 4316
  5. Mt Russell 4294
  6. Polemonium Peak 4292
  7. Split Mountain 4285
  8. Mt Langley 4274
  9. Mt Tyndall 4273
  10. Mt Muir 4272
  11. Middle Palisade 4271
  12. Thunderbolt Peak 4268
  13. Mt Humphreys 4265
  14. Mt Barnard 4264
  15. Mt Keith 4260
  16. Mt Stanford 4259
  17. Trojan Peak 4251
  18. Disappointment Peak 4242
  19. Mt Agassiz 4235
  20. Junction Peak 4233
  21. Mt LeConte 4246
  22. Norman Clyde Peak 4223
  23. Mt Mallory 4221
  24. Mt Darwin 4218
  25. Caltech Peak 4216
  26. Mt Kaweah 4207
  27. Mt McAdie 4206
  28. Mt Irvine 4200
  29. Mt Winchell 4199
  30. Discovery Pinnacle 4192
  31. Broken Finger Peak 4190
  32. Mt Gabb 4188
  33. Red Kaweah 4182
  34. Mt Corcoran 4180
  35. Mt Mendel 4179
  36. Mt Abbot 4177
  37. Black Kaweah 4170
  38. Midway Mountain 4165
  39. Mt Tom 4161
  40. Milestone Mountain 4157
  41. Table Mountain 4155
  42. Birch Mountain 4146
  43. Mt Dade 4145
  44. University Peak 4142
  45. Mt Brewer 4136
  46. Mt Goddard 4136
  47. Tunnabora Peak 4134
  48. Mt Ericsson 4120
  49. Thunder Mountain 4120
  50. Mt Carillon 4120
  51. Mt Gayley 4118
  52. Mt Fiske 4116
  53. Mt Thompson 4113
  54. Mt Pinchot 4113
  55. Mt Hale 4113
  56. Mt Bolton Brown 4112
  57. Mt Pickering 4107
  58. Mt Mills 4100
  59. Mt Versteeg 4100
  60. Mt Newcomb 4091
  61. Mt Haeckel 4090
  62. Mt Lamarck 4090
  63. Cardinal Mountain 4083
  64. Mt Jepson 4081
  65. Kaweah Queen 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