Rodgers Peak (California)

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Rodgers Peak
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Rodgers Peak centered at top
(Aerial view from the south)
Highest point
Elevation 12,978 ft (3,956 m)  NAVD 88 [1]
Prominence 738 ft (225 m) [1]
Coordinates 37°43′30″N119°15′27″W / 37.72500°N 119.25750°W / 37.72500; -119.25750 Coordinates: 37°43′30″N119°15′27″W / 37.72500°N 119.25750°W / 37.72500; -119.25750 [1]
Geography
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Rodgers Peak
Location in California
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Rodgers Peak
Rodgers Peak (the United States)
Location Mono County / Madera County
California, U.S.
Parent range Ritter Range
Topo map USGS Mount Lyell
Climbing
Easiest route Scramble, class 2 "Rodgers Peak". SummitPost.org. Retrieved 2019-02-12.

Rodgers Peak is the most northwestern peak in the Ritter Range [2] in Madera County, California. [3] The peak lies on the boundary between Yosemite National Park and the Ansel Adams Wilderness further east. [2] Rodgers Peak is the fourth-highest mountain in Yosemite National Park. [4] [5]

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Mount Davis, Banner Peak, and Mount Ritter are visible from the summit, as well as the Yosemite peaks Mount Maclure and Mount Lyell. Electra Peak is quite close, and Foerster Peak is also near.

Etymology

All of Rodgers Peak, Rodgers Canyon, Rodgers Meadow, and Rodgers Lake are named for Captain Alexander Rodgers, Fourth Calvalry, US Army, who was acting superintendent of Yosemite National Park, in 1895 and 1897. [2] [6]

Lieutenant N. F. McClure named the peak, in 1895. [2]

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Rodgers Peak is located in an alpine climate zone. [7] Most weather fronts originate in the Pacific Ocean, and travel east toward the Sierra Nevada mountains. As fronts approach, they are forced upward by the peaks (orographic lift), causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall onto the range.

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