Yosemite's Highest Peaks

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This is a compilation of the thirty highest peaks in Yosemite National Park, and includes all points named and unnamed with at least 300 feet of mean prominence. The list includes all summits with an elevation over 12,000 feet and one (Point 11994) that is within the margin of error. Two additional peaks are also included but unranked in the list. Mammoth Peak is the only officially named summit over 12,000 lacking the prominence requirement, and Point 12358 misses the prominence threshold by a mere two feet. Peaks lacking a spot elevation are listed and ranked based on the mean elevation of their highest contour line and what would be the next higher countour.



Rank Peak Elevation Mean
Prominence
County Latitude Longitude Quad
1 Mount Lyell 13,114 1,927 Madera, Tuolumne 37.73947 -119.27160 Mount Lyell
2 Mount Dana 13,057 2,437 Mono, Tuolumne 37.89976 -119.22108 Mount Dana
3 Kuna Peak 13,002 1,942 Mono, Tuolumne 37.81286 -119.20811 Koip Peak
4 Rodgers Peak 12,978 758 Madera, Mono 37.72497 -119.25748 Mount Lyell
5 Mount Maclure 12,900 480 Madera, Tuolumne 37.74363 -119.28052 Mount Lyell
6 Mount Gibbs 12,773 1,113 Mono, Tuolumne 37.87704 -119.21198 Mount Dana
7 Point 12767 (0.7 mi SW Lyell) 12,767 507 Madera 37.73159 -119.28090 Mount Lyell
8 Mount Conness 12,590 2,647 Mono, Tuolumne 37.96703 -119.32134 Tioga Pass
9 Point 12573 (0.7 mi S Rodgers) 12,573 353 Madera 37.71476 -119.25841 Mount Lyell
10 Mount Florence 12,561 821 Madera 37.73978 -119.31603 Mount Lyell
11 Point 12540 (0.5 mi S Simmons) 12,540 360 Madera, Tuolumne 37.75514 -119.28946 Vogelsang Peak
12 Simmons Peak 12,497 397 Madera, Tuolumne 37.76060 -119.29428 Vogelsang Peak
13 Excelsior Mountain 12,446 1,266 Mono, Tuolumne 38.02456 -119.30538 Dunderberg Peak
14 Electra Peak 12,442 342 Madera 37.70509 -119.26028 Mount Lyell
- Point 12358 (0.7 mi W Maclure) 12,358 298 Madera 37.74100 -119.29279 Mount Lyell
15 Twin Peaks 12,323 2,143 Mono, Tuolumne 38.08361 -119.35888 Dunderberg Peak
16 Matterhorn Peak 12,279 1,579 Mono, Tuolumne 38.09306 -119.38176 Matterhorn Peak
17 Mount Andrea Lawrence 12,245 825 Mono, Tuolumne 37.77969 -119.22020 Koip Peak
18 North Peak 12,242 702 Mono, Tuolumne 37.98230 -119.31476 Tioga Pass
19 "Kuna Crest South" 12,202 390 Tuolumne 37.82520 -119.23969 Koip Peak
20 "Kuna Crest North" 12,170 390 Tuolumne 37.84401 -119.25747 Vogelsang Peak
21 Parsons Peak 12,147 647 Madera, Tuolumne 37.77691 -119.30771 Vogelsang Peak
22 Point 12113 (1.8 mi SW Lyell) 12,113 573 Madera 37.71969 -119.29273 Mount Lyell
- Mammoth Peak 12,106 286 Tuolumne 37.85543 -119.26349 Vogelsang Peak
23 Foerster Peak 12,057 477 Madera 37.69008 -119.29078 Mount Lyell
24 White Mountain 12,057 637 Mono, Tuolumne 37.94696 -119.30957 Tioga Pass
25 Whorl Mountain 12,033 693 Tuolumne 38.07410 -119.38343 Matterhorn Peak
26 Donohue Peak 12,023 483 Mono, Tuolumne 37.77506 -119.23046 Koip Peak
27 Shepherd Crest 12,020 560 Tuolumne 38.00467 -119.31276 Dunderberg Peak
28 "False White Mountain" 12,002 502 Mono, Tuolumne 37.93675 -119.29340 Tioga Pass
29 Virginia Peak 12,001 501 Tuolumne 38.06587 -119.35808 Dunderberg Peak
30 "Carpe Diem Peak" (Point 11994) 11,994 334 Madera 37.69216 -119.28006 Mount Lyell

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Noondueler

Noondueler - Jul 20, 2012 12:02 am - Voted 10/10

technical note

Secor lists Shepherd Crest el. as 12,000 (newest) and 12,015 (old) in the 2nd addition of his guidebook. You have it listed as 12,020 on this page. I have it at 12,000 on the Shep Crest page. I assume that is correct unless you know better.

mrchad9

mrchad9 - Jul 23, 2012 3:53 am - Hasn't voted

Re: technical note

I think they are both correct. As we are both aware the standard convention for naming/referring to peaks without a name or spot elevation is to use the highest contour, but obviously the summit is somewhat higher than that. For the purposes of ranking the peaks I think a better estimate is to use the midpoint of the highest contour and what the next one would be... this is likely closer to the true elevation. Similarly I use mean rather than clean prominences whenever I list peak prominence. I mentioned the way I came up with the elevations listed in the writeup, though only briefly.

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