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Mount Dana, California

Prominence: 2417 ft, 737 m

Elevation: 13,057 feet, 3980 meters

True Isolation: 11.4 mi, 18.35 km

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 13,063 ft / 3982 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	37° 53' 59'' N, 119° 13' 16'' W 37.899812, -119.22117 (Dec Deg) 304710 E 4197025 N, Zone 11 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	California
County/Second Level Region	Mono Tuolumne
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Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 582 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 539) Selected Trip Reports from this site: 1970-08 by Bruce Dyleski 1992-09-27 by David Sanger (Unsuccessful) 1997-08-30 by Richard Carey 2008-08-30 by Eric Light (Unsuccessful) 2012-07-29 by Mihai Giurgiulescu (GPS Track) 2012-10-02 by James Barlow (GPS Track) 2013-06-22 by Patrick Bergeron (GPS Track) 2013-08-06 by Joseph Hirniak 2014-06-17 by Kevin Lentz 2014-08-04 by Sean Rowe (GPS Track) 2015-07-29 by Serguei Okountsev (GPS Track) 2015-08-05 by Scott Sharaga 2016-08-01 by Larry Pitman 2016-08-06 by Mat Kelliher (GPS Track) 2016-08-06 by Mr. L (GPS Track) 2017-08-07 by Curtis Nelson (GPS Track) 2017-09-04 by Clément Guillaume (GPS Track) 2018-07-29 by Lee Newton (GPS Track) 2019-07-09 by Josh Super 2019-07-10 by Redd Sea 2019-09-13 by Chris Gordon 2019-10-07 by Brett Marciasini (GPS Track) 2020-06-18 by Howard Y 2020-06-20 by Gene Mattos 2020-06-27 by Matthew Ring (GPS Track) 2020-07-25 by Mike Jay 2020-08-21 by Robert Luher (GPS Track)
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Mount Dana is an enormous pile of talus--view from Mount Gibbs (1992-08-25).

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Prominence

Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)
  Clean Prominence: 2417 ft/737 m
  Optimistic Prominence: 2457 ft/749 m
  Line Parent: Mount Lyell
  Key Col: Mono Pass    10,640 ft/3243 m

Isolation

Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)
   Distance: 11.4 mi/18.35 km
   Isolation Limit Point: 37.7392, -119.2717
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
    Mount Lyell  (SSW)

Ranges

Continent: North America
Range2: Pacific Ranges
Range3: Sierra Nevada
Range4: Yosemite-Ritter Sierra Nevada
Range5: Ritter Range-East Yosemite
Range6: Dana Area (Highest Point)

Ridges/Divides

Pacific Crest
Sierra Nevada Crest

Drainage Basins

Mono Lake
Great Basin
Internal Drainage-N.A.
Worldwide Internal Drainage

San Joaquin
San Francisco Bay
Pacific-Western USA
Pacific Ocean

Ownership

Land: Yosemite National Park/Inyo National Forest
Wilderness/Special Area: Yosemite Wilderness Area/Ansel Adams Wilderness Area

Topo Map

Mount Dana O37119h2 1:24,000

Route #1

Unmaintained Trail
Trailhead: Tioga Pass 9943 ft/3031 m
Vertical Gain: 3114 ft/949 m

Data Source

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Other Photos

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Mt. Dana from Saddlebag Lake, looking south (2014-06-04). Photo by J Thornton.
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Gaylor Peak summit panorama with view of Mount Dana (left) and Tioga Pass. Middle Gaylor Lake is pictured (2015-07-23). Photo by Scott Sharaga.
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View from the summit of Mount Dana (2015-07-29). Photo by Serguei Okountsev.
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The summit dome of Dana from roughly the 12,000' contour on the standard approach (2013-08-06). Photo by Joseph Hirniak.
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At the summit of Polly Dome. Skyline: Conness (L), Dana (R) (2016-07-12). Photo by Weiwei Yin.
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On top of Puppy Dome, Mt. Dana (L) and Gibbs (R) at the back (2016-07-21). Photo by ShiBo Pan.
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