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The Sisters, California

Prominence: 153 ft, 47 m

Elevation: 10,153 feet, 3095 meters

True Isolation: 0.26 mi, 0.42 km

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 10,158 ft / 3096 m
Subpeaks	The Sisters - West Summit (10,045 ft/3062 m)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	38° 39' 45'' N, 120° 0' 29'' W 38.662542, -120.008049 (Dec Deg) 760331 E 4283578 N, Zone 10 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	California
County/Second Level Region	Alpine
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Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 114 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 108) Selected Trip Reports: 2001-03-23 by Bob Burd 2004-04-04 by Bob Burd 2009-07-17 by John Fedak 2012-04-28 by Brendon Chapman 2012-07-07 by Ron Wong 2013-06-29 by Paul Wichman 2015-01-17 by Tim Berger 2015-06-27 by Marcus Sierra 2016-08-21 by Tim Berger 2016-08-21 by Tim Berger 2018-09-19 by Redd Sea 2020-06-14 by Yao-Min Chen 2020-07-07 by Will Whitney 2020-07-16 by Rob Houghton (GPS Track) 2020-07-31 by Marc Belanger 2021-02-21 by Kenny Lotito 2021-06-26 by Gavin Fischer (GPS Track) 2021-06-27 by Todd Horton (GPS Track) 2022-05-23 by Yogini Jolly (Unsuccessful) (GPS Track) 2022-07-09 by Kamal Ahuja (GPS Track) 2022-09-17 by Andrew Schaper (GPS Track) 2022-10-26 by Jace Pearson (GPS Track)
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Round Top along with the Sisters from the summit of Hawkins Peak (2014-09-22). Photo by Arthur Caverly.
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Prominence

Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)
  Clean Prominence: 153 ft/47 m
  Optimistic Prominence: 193 ft/59 m
  Line Parent: Highland Peak - South Peak
  Key Col: 10,000 ft/3048 m

Isolation

Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)
   Distance: 0.26 mi/0.42 km
   Isolation Limit Point: 38.6633, -120.0033
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
    Round Top  (ENE)

Ranges

Continent: North America
Range2: Pacific Ranges
Range3: Sierra Nevada
Range4: Lake Tahoe-Sonora Pass Sierra Nevada
Range5: Mokelumne Wilderness Area

Drainage Basins

Sacramento
San Francisco Bay
Pacific-Western USA
Pacific Ocean

San Joaquin
San Francisco Bay
Pacific-Western USA
Pacific Ocean

Ownership

Land: Eldorado National Forest
Wilderness/Special Area: Mokelumne Wilderness Area

Topo Map

Caples Lake O38120f1 1:24,000

Data Source

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

Dynamic Map