Sierra Sampler

The Sierra Sampler List
created by Darrick Danta (Echo Vol 55 #1, 2011, pg.13)

Listed below, by region, are the 100 peaks that comprise the Sierra Sampler. While no mountain in the Sierra can be climbed without time, effort, and risk, these peaks represent a sub-set of the full SPS List that are relatively easy to get to, pose less danger than others on the List, are fun to climb and/or hold other qualities, and are drawn from the main areas of the range. The Sampler, which has been approved by the SPS Management Committee, provides a good introduction to the Sierra for climbers of varying degrees of experience and ability. Enjoy!

* = Mountaineers' Peak
** (ALL CAPS) - Emblem Peak

Index

Peak Name

Elevation

Class

01.

SOUTHERN SIERRA

 

 

01.02

Owens Peak

8,453

2

01.04

Lamont Peak

7,429

2

01.05

Sawtooth Peak (S)

8,000+

2

01.06

Rockhouse Peak

8,360+

2

01.08

Sirretta Peak

9,977

1

02.

MINERAL KING AND KERN RIVER

 

 

02.01

Kern Peak

11,510

1

02.07

Vandever Mountain

11,947

1

02.08

Florence Peak

12,432

2

02.09

Sawtooth Peak (N)

12,343

2

03.

OLANCHA TO LANGLEY & WEST

 

 

03.01

** OLANCHA PEAK

12123

2

03.03

Muah Mountain

11,016

2

03.04

Cirque Peak

12,900

1

03.05

Mount Langley

14,026

1

04.

CORCORAN TO WHITNEY

 

 

04.03

Mount Mallory

13845

2

04.04

Mount Irvine

13780+

2

04.07

**MOUNT WHITNEY

14491

1

04.08

Thor Peak

12306

2

04.09

Lone Pine Peak

12943

2

05.

WHITNEY TO WILLIAMSON

 

 

05.01

Mount Young

13,176

1

05.02

Mount Hale

13,494

1

05.04

Mount Carillon

13,517+

2

05.09

**MOUNT WILLIAMSON

14,370+

2

06.

KAWEAHS AND WEST

 

 

06.01

Alta Peak

11,240+

1

06.02

Mount Silliman

11,188

1

06.05

Eagle Scout Peak

12,000+

2

06.06

Mount Stewart

12,200+

2

06.08

**MOUNT KAWEAH

13,802

1

07.

GREAT WESTERN DIVIDE

 

 

07.08

South Guard

13,232

2

07.09

** MOUNT BREWER

13,570

2

08.

KINGS KERN DIVIDE

 

 

08.03

*Mount Ericsson

13,583+

2

08.11

Center Peak

12,730+

2s4

09.

KEARSARGE PASS VICINITY

 

 

09.01

*University Peak

13,589

2

09.02

Independence Peak

11,742

3

09.04

Mount Gould

13,005

1s3

09.05

Mount Rixford

12,887

2

09.06

Mount Bago

11,870

1

09.08

Mount Cotter

12,713

2

10.

BAXTER PASS TO TABOOSE PASS

 

 

10.02

Colosseum Mountain

12,451

1

10.08

Striped Mountain

13,179

1

10.01

Cardinal Mountain

13,396

2

11.

WESTERN MID-SIERRA

 

 

11.01

*Mount Ruskin

12,920

3

11.05

Kennedy Mountain

11,433

1

11.06

Mount Harrington

11,009

3

11.07

*Tehipite Dome

7,708

2s3

11.09

Three Sisters

10,612

1

12.

SOUTH PALISADES

 

 

12.01

**SPLIT MOUNTAIN

14,042+

1

12.05

Birch Mountain

13,602

2

12.06

The Thumb

13,356

2

12.08

*Middle Palisade

14,012

3

13.

MT GODDARD VICINITY

 

 

13.02

Giraud Peak

12,608

2

13.09

**MOUNT GODDARD

13,568

2

14.

NORTH PALISADES

 

 

14.07

Mount Agassiz

13893

2

14.08

Mount Goode

13085

2

14.09

Cloudripper

13525

2

15.

EVOLUTION AREA

 

 

15.01

Mount Thompson

13494

2

15.02

Point Powell

13360

2

15.09

Mount Lamarck

13417

1

16.

HUMPHREYS BASIN AND WEST

 

 

16.05

Four Gables

12,720+

1

16.06

Mount Tom

13,652

2

16.09

*Seven Gables

13,080+

2

16.01

Mount Senger

12,286

2

17.

BEAR CREEK SPIRE AREA

 

 

17.02

Royce Peak

13,280+

2

17.03

Mount Julius Caesar

13,200+

2

17.05

Recess Peak

12,813

2

18.

MONO CREEK TO MAMMOTH

 

 

18.01

Silver Peak

11,878

2

18.04

*Red Slate Mountain

13,123+

1

18.05

Mount Stanford (N)

12,836

2

18.07

Mount Baldwin

12,615

2

18.08

*Mount Morrison

12,277

2

19.

RITTER RANGE AND VICINITY

 

 

19.03

**MOUNT RITTER

13,143

2

19.04

Banner Peak

12,936

2

19.09

San Joaquin Mountain

11,598

1

20.

CLARK RANGE AND VICINITY

 

 

20.01

Merced Peak

11,726

2

20.02

Red Peak

11,699

2

20.06

Half Dome

8,840+

2

20.07

Clouds Rest

9,926

1

21.

MT LYELL AND NORTH

 

 

21.02

Vogelsang Peak

11,493

2

21.05

**MOUNT LYELL

13,114

3

21.06

Koip Peak

12,962

1

21.07

Mount Gibbs

12,773

1

22.

TIOGA PASS TO BOND PASS

 

 

22.02

Mount Conness

12590

2

22.03

North Peak

12242

2

22.04

Excelsior Mountain

12446

1

22.05

Dunderberg Peak

12374

2

22.09

**MATTERHORN PEAK

12279

2

22.13

*Tower Peak

11755

3

23.

BOND PASS TO LAKE TAHOE

 

 

23.02

Leavitt Peak

11,569

1

23.03

Stanislaus Peak

11,233

1

23.05

Highland Peak

10,935

2

23.07

Round Top

10,381

3

23.08

Freel Peak

10,881

1

23.09

Pyramid Peak (N)

9,983

2

23.11

Mount Tallac

9,735

1

24.

NORTHERN SIERRA

 

 

24.01

Granite Chief

9,006

1

24.02

Tinker Knob

8,949

1

24.03

Castle Peak

9,103

2s3

24.04

Mount Rose

10,776

1

24.05

Mount Lola

9,148

1

24.07

Sierra Buttes

8,591

1

24.08

Mount Elwell

7,818

1