South Sister, California

Elevation Info:	Elevation range: 11,360 - 11,400 ft     (40-foot closed contour) NAVD88 Elevation: 11,366 ft / 3465 m     (Range 11,366 - 11,406 ft)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	38° 28' 59'' N, 119° 18' 0'' W 38.482923, -119.300005 (Dec Deg) 299385 E 4261905 N, Zone 11 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	California
County/Second Level Region	Mono
Links Search Engines - search the web for "South Sister":      Wikipedia Search      Microsoft Bing Search      Google Search      Yahoo Search Other Web Sites      South Sister at ListsOfJohn      South Sister at Summits on the Air (Amateur Radio) Weather and Snow      National Weather Service Forecast      NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain South Sister:      California Non-Sierra 10,000-foot Peaks (Rank #17)      Tahoe-Ogul Peaks List (Rank #3)      Western States Climbers List (Rank #155)      Western States Climbers Emblem Peaks (Rank #69)      Desert Summits Book-Peak List (Rank #16) Selected Guidebook(s) for this Peak:        Desert Summits (Zdon)
Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 78      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 73) Selected Trip Reports:      2009-08-05 by Bob Burd      2009-10-17 by Brad Boester      2010-06-26 by Al Sandorff      2011-11-15 by John Fedak      2015-06-21 by Greg Gerlach (GPS Track)      2017-07-12 by Bob McLaughlin (GPS Track)      2018-07-06 by Dean Gaudet (GPS Track)      2018-07-06 by Mr. L (GPS Track)      2018-07-28 by Bo Meng (GPS Track)      2018-10-26 by Laura Newman (GPS Track)      2020-05-31 by Andrew Schaper (GPS Track)      2020-05-31 by David Schaper      2020-07-04 by Michael Jaskot      2020-07-04 by Briana Jaskot      2020-07-25 by Marcus Sierra      2020-10-03 by Rafee Memon (GPS Track)      2021-05-31 by Sean Casserly      2021-06-27 by Chad Thomas (GPS Track)      2021-07-17 by Alex Ramos (GPS Track)      2022-07-03 by Todd Horton (GPS Track)      2022-09-04 by Philip Frost (GPS Track)
Nearby Peak Searches:      Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to South Sister      Elevation Ladder from South Sister      Prominence Ladder from South Sister

South Sister as seen from Middle Sister East Ridge (2012-09-11). Photo by David Porter. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 760 ft/232 m   Optimistic Prominence: 840 ft/256 m   Key Col: 10,600 ft/3231 m
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 2.73 mi/4.39 km    Isolation Limit Point: 38.445, -119.3142 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Mount Patterson - Northwest Peak  (SSW)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Intermountain West Range3: Great Basin Ranges Range4: West Great Basin Ranges Range5: Pine Nut-Sweetwater Ranges
Drainage Basins	Walker Great Basin Internal Drainage-N.A. Worldwide Internal Drainage
Ownership	Land: Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
Topo Map	Mount Patterson O38119d3 1:24,000
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
Dynamic Map  South Sister   ( Key Col)    Other Peaks Click Here for a Full Screen Map

Other Photos

view North from trailhead towards South Sister (2018-07-06). Photo by Mr. L. Click here for larger-size photo.

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