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Crooks Peak, California

Prominence: 65 ft, 20 m

Elevation: 14,173+ feet, 4320+ meters

True Isolation: 0.09 mi, 0.14 km

Elevation Info:	Elevation range: 4320 - 4340 m (20-meter closed contour) NAVD88 Elevation: 14,179 ft / 4322 m (Range 4322 - 4342 m)
Local or Alternate Name(s)	Alternate: Day Needle
Peak Type	Sub-Peak, subsidiary to Mount Whitney
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	36° 34' 28'' N, 118° 17' 26'' W 36.574556, -118.290572 (Dec Deg) 384531 E 4048453 N, Zone 11 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	California
County/Second Level Region	Inyo Tulare
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Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 68 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 54) Selected Trip Reports from this site: 2001-08-12 by Bob Burd 2002-10-27 by Romain Wacziarg 2009-08-29 by John Fedak 2015-08-06 by Greg Gerlach 2016-08-04 by Serguei Okountsev (GPS Track) 2019-10-18 by Ben Brownlee (GPS Track)
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Mount Whitney from Mountaineer's Trail (2015-03-14). Photo by Weiwei Yin.
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Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)
  Clean Prominence: 65 ft/20 m
  Optimistic Prominence: 195 ft/60 m
  Line Parent: Keeler Needle
  Key Col: 14,108 ft/4300 m

Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)
   Distance: 0.09 mi/0.14 km
   Isolation Limit Point: 36.5775, -118.2925
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
    Keeler Needle  (NNW)

Ranges

Continent: North America
Range2: Pacific Ranges
Range3: Sierra Nevada
Range4: Sequoia Sierra Nevada
Range5: Mount Whitney Group

Ridges/Divides

Pacific Crest
Sierra Nevada Crest

Drainage Basins

Kern
South San Joaquin Basin
Internal Drainage-N.A.
Worldwide Internal Drainage

Owens Valley
Great Basin
Internal Drainage-N.A.
Worldwide Internal Drainage

Ownership

Land: Sequoia National Park/Inyo National Forest
Wilderness/Special Area: Sequoia-Kings Canyon Wilderness Area/John Muir Wilderness Area

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