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Pico Risco, Mexico

Prominence: 100 m, 328 ft

Elevation: 1520+ meters, 4987+ feet

True Isolation: 1.85 km, 1.15 mi

Elevation Info:	Elevation range: 1520 - 1540 m (20-meter closed contour)
Local or Alternate Name(s)	Alternate: Pico Rasco
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	32° 8' 2'' N, 115° 48' 39'' W 32.133951, -115.810865 (Dec Deg) 612160 E 3555902 N, Zone 11 (UTM)
Country	Mexico
State/Province	Baja California
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Pico Risco": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search Other Web Sites Pico Risco at SummitPost.org Lists that contain Pico Risco: Sierra Club Desert Peaks Section (Rank #67)
Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 73 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 71) Selected Trip Reports from this site: 1993-01-31 by Asher Waxman 2014-01-12 by Matthew Hengst 2015-02-22 by Craig Barlow 2016-01-22 by James Morehouse (GPS Track) 2016-01-22 by Greg Gerlach (GPS Track) 2017-12-27 by Sandy Lara 2017-12-27 by James Morehouse 2019-01-05 by Peter Lara (Unsuccessful) (GPS Track) 2019-04-14 by Robert May (GPS Track)
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Pico Risco from Guadalupe Canyon (2015-02-22). Photo by Mark McCormick. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page (Detailed prominence information) Clean Prominence: 100 m/328 ft Optimistic Prominence: 140 m/458 ft Line Parent: Sierra Juarez Peak 1680 Key Col: 1420 m/4659 ft
Isolation	Isolation Page (Detailed isolation information) Distance: 1.85 km/1.15 mi Isolation Limit Point: 32.1192, -115.82 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database: Sierra Juarez Peak 1680 (SSW)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Pacific Ranges Range3: Baja California Range4: Northern Baja California Range5: Sierra Juarez
Drainage Basins	Lago Salada Internal Drainage-N.A. Worldwide Internal Drainage
Data Source	1:50,000 Topographic Survey Map
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A climber making the step to the final summit block of Pico Risco (1990-06-23). Photo by Richard Carey.
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