Parsons Peak-Northwest Ridge, California

Elevation Info:	Elevation range: 12,040 - 12,080 ft     (40-foot closed contour) NAVD88 Elevation: 12,046 ft / 3672 m     (Range 12,046 - 12,086 ft)
Peak Type	Slope Point, subsidiary to Parsons Peak
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	37° 46' 41'' N, 119° 18' 34'' W 37.778175, -119.309488 (Dec Deg) 296610 E 4183715 N, Zone 11 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	California
County/Second Level Region	Madera Mariposa (Highest Point) Tuolumne
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Parsons Peak-Northwest Ridge":      Wikipedia Search      Microsoft Bing Search      Google Search      Yahoo Search Other Web Sites      Parsons Peak Ridge at ListsOfJohn.com      CoHP.org Trip Report for Mariposa, CA by Peter Maurer      CoHP.org Trip Report for Mariposa, CA by Edward Earl      CoHP.org Trip Report for Mariposa, CA by Adam Helman      CoHP.org Trip Report for Mariposa, CA by Christopher Randall      CoHP.org Trip Report for Mariposa, CA by Brad Young Weather and Snow      National Weather Service Forecast      NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain Parsons Peak-Northwest Ridge:      Western Contiguous USA CoHPs (Rank #75)      Western USA CoHPs (Rank #82)      California County High Points (Rank #8)      Top 10 County High Points Grid for U.S. States (Rank #50) Selected Guidebook(s) for this Peak:        California County Summits (Suttle) Selected Trip Reports from this site:      1998-07-31 by Bob Burd      2003-06-29 by Dan Baxter      2006-10-20 by Bob Burd      2012-09-28 by Kevin Richards      2013-09-09 by Mary Maki      2014-07-12 by Marcus Sierra      2015-08-30 by Mihai Giurgiulescu (GPS Track)      2016-08-12 by Dick Ellsworth      2016-09-09 by Jobe Wymore      2017-07-21 by Keith Bailey      2017-08-03 by Sean Reedy      2017-09-09 by Dean Gaudet (GPS Track)      2017-09-09 by Andrew Kirmse View ascents of peak by registered Peakbagger.com members (70 total) Nearby Peak Searches:      Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Parsons Peak-Northwest Ridge      Elevation Ladder from Parsons Peak-Northwest Ridge      Prominence Ladder from Parsons Peak-Northwest Ridge

There wasn't a cairn at the HP so i built one where the Peakbagger app indicated the county line merging with Tuolumne Co (2016-08-12). Photo by Dick Ellsworth. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Clean Prominence: 0 ft/0 m   Optimistic Prominence: 80 ft/24 m   Key Col: 12,040 ft/3670 m
Isolation	Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Parsons Peak-Northwest Ridge  (SE)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Pacific Ranges Range3: Sierra Nevada Range4: Yosemite-Ritter Sierra Nevada Range5: Central Yosemite Sierra Range6: Cathedral Range
Drainage Basins	San Joaquin San Francisco Bay Pacific Ocean
Ownership	Land: Yosemite National Park Wilderness/Special Area: Yosemite Wilderness Area
Topo Map	Vogelsang Peak O37119g3 1:24,000
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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