Page Peaks is a 10,929-foot-elevation (3,331 meter) mountain summit located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Mono County of northern California, United States.[1] The mountain is set in the Hoover Wilderness on land managed by Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest. The summit is situated one mile outside the boundary of Yosemite National Park, and less than one mile east of line parent Camiaca Peak. Topographic relief is significant as the east aspect rises 1,400 feet (430 meters) above East Lake in one-quarter mile. This landform's toponym, which commemorates a miner and prospector named Page,[5] has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.[1]
| Page Peaks | |
|---|---|
 Northeast aspect, from East Lake | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 10,929 ft (3,331 m)[1] |
| Prominence | 120 ft (37 m)[2] |
| Parent peak | Camiaca Peak (11,739 ft)[3] |
| Isolation | 0.49 mi (0.79 km)[3] |
| Coordinates | 38°04′00″N 119°18′41″W / 38.0667522°N 119.3113635°W[1] |
| Geography | |
  Page Peaks Location in California  Page Peaks Page Peaks (the United States) | |
| Location | Mono County, California, U.S. |
| Parent range | Sierra Nevada |
| Topo map | USGS Dunderberg Peak |
| Geology | |
| Rock age | Cretaceous |
| Mountain type | Fault block |
| Rock type | Metamorphic rock |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | class 2 via East Lake[4] |
Climate
editPage Peaks is located in an alpine climate zone.[6] 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 moisture in the form of rain or snowfall to drop onto the range. Precipitation runoff from this mountain drains into East Lake, thence West Fork Green Creek, which is a tributary of the Walker River.
Gallery
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East aspect -
View from Dunderberg Peak looking west. Page Peaks is the dark triangle above East Lake. Summit Lake to left, Hoover Lakes lower left, East Lake lower right. Camiaca Peak (reddish) left of center, Gabbro Peak lower right.
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Page Peaks". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
- ^ "Page Peaks, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
- ^ a b "Page Peaks, West - 10,940' CA". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
- ^ R. J. Secor, The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, Trails, 2009, Third Edition, Mountaineers Books, ISBN 9781594857386.
- ^ Peter Browning (1986), Place Names of the Sierra Nevada: From Abbot to Zumwalt, Wilderness Press, ISBN 9780899970479, p. 163
- ^ "Climate of the Sierra Nevada". Encyclopædia Britannica.
External links
edit- Weather forecast: Page Peaks