Page Peaks

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
Elevation10,929 ft (3,331 m)[1]
Prominence120 ft (37 m)[2]
Parent peakCamiaca Peak (11,739 ft)[3]
Isolation0.49 mi (0.79 km)[3]
Coordinates38°04′00″N 119°18′41″W[1]
Geography
Page Peaks is located in California
Page Peaks
Page Peaks
Location in California
Page Peaks is located in the United States
Page Peaks
Page Peaks
Page Peaks (the United States)
LocationMono County, California, U.S.
Parent rangeSierra Nevada
Topo mapUSGS Dunderberg Peak
Geology
Age of rockCretaceous
Mountain typeFault block
Type of rockMetamorphic rock
Climbing
Easiest routeclass 2 via East Lake[4]

Climate

Page 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.

  • East aspect
    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.
    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
  1. "Page Peaks". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
  2. "Page Peaks, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
  3. "Page Peaks, West - 10,940' CA". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
  4. R. J. Secor, The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, Trails, 2009, Third Edition, Mountaineers Books, ISBN 9781594857386.
  5. Peter Browning (1986), Place Names of the Sierra Nevada: From Abbot to Zumwalt, Wilderness Press, ISBN 9780899970479, p. 163
  6. "Climate of the Sierra Nevada". Encyclopædia Britannica.
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