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Starlight Peak, California

Prominence: 80 ft, 24 m

Elevation: 14,200+ feet, 4328+ meters

Approx. Isolation: 0.06 mi, 0.1 km

Elevation Info:	Elevation range: 14,200 - 14,240 ft (40-foot closed contour) NAVD88 Elevation: 14,206 ft / 4330 m (Range 14,206 - 14,246 ft)
Peak Type	Sub-Peak, subsidiary to North Palisade
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	37° 5' 42'' N, 118° 30' 54'' W 37.094982, -118.515057 (Dec Deg) 365360 E 4106483 N, Zone 11 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	California
County/Second Level Region	Fresno Inyo
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Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 132 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 119) Selected Trip Reports: 1999-07-04 by Asher Waxman 2002-08-21 by Bob Burd 2002-09-27 by Romain Wacziarg (Unsuccessful) 2005-07-31 by Lisa Barboza 2008-07 by Linda Emerson 2012-09-07 by David Hart 2014-07-05 by Chris Terry 2016-06-17 by Romain Wacziarg (Unsuccessful) 2016-09-04 by Scott Larson 2016-09-08 by Dave Covill 2017-07-05 by Romain Wacziarg 2017-08-07 by Derek Tse (Unsuccessful) 2018-06-24 by Eric Elliott 2018-07-03 by John Porro 2018-08-19 by Ayelet Bitton 2018-09-01 by Tim Berger 2018-09-02 by P J 2018-09-02 by Derek Tse (GPS Track) 2018-09-03 by Jared Shaw 2019-07-11 by Matt Lemke 2019-07-12 by Steven Song 2019-08-18 by Grant Miller (GPS Track) 2019-09-01 by Emily Bei Cheng (Unsuccessful) (GPS Track) 2020-07-18 by LAUREN Sargent 2020-08-22 by Sean Casserly 2020-08-22 by Amin Faraday (GPS Track) 2021-07-08 by Christopher Czaplicki 2021-08-02 by Greg Gerlach (GPS Track) 2021-08-08 by Emily Bei Cheng (GPS Track) 2021-08-21 by Michael Toffey (GPS Track) 2022-08-23 by Christopher Frobel 2022-10-10 by Andrew Holman
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Rapping off the "Milk Bottle" (1996-07-13). Photo by Terry Flood.
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Prominence

Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)
  Clean Prominence: 80 ft/24 m
  Optimistic Prominence: 160 ft/48 m
  Line Parent: North Palisade
  Key Col: 14,120 ft/4304 m

Isolation

Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)
   Distance: 0.06 mi/0.1 km
Isolation distance is based on NHN and is slightly overstated.
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
    North Palisade  (SSE)

Ranges

Continent: North America
Range2: Pacific Ranges
Range3: Sierra Nevada
Range4: Central Sierra Nevada
Range5: Palisades

Ridges/Divides

Pacific Crest
Sierra Nevada Crest

Drainage Basins

Kings
Tulare Lake Bed
South San Joaquin Basin
Internal Drainage-N.A.
Worldwide Internal Drainage

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

Ownership

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

Topo Map

North Palisade O37118a5 1:24,000

Data Source

1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map

Dynamic Map

Starlight Peak (

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Other Photos

At Thunderbolt pass, during our attempt to climb part of the Thunderbolt to Sill traverse (2019-09-01). Photo by Emily Bei Cheng.
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Looking towards the U-Notch (2020-06-13). Photo by Justin Barham.
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On the traverse from Thunderbolt to Starlight, looking at Starlights milk bottle summit block in the distance (2021-08-08). Photo by Emily Bei Cheng.
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On the traverse from Thunderbolt to North Palisade. Mt Sill is on the left and Starlight is on the right of the climber (2021-08-08). Photo by Emily Bei Cheng.
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