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Thunderbolt Peak, California

Prominence: 203 ft, 62 m

Elevation: 14,003 feet, 4268 meters

True Isolation: 0.21 mi, 0.33 km

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 14,009 ft / 4270 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	37° 5' 51'' N, 118° 31' 2'' W 37.097404, -118.517255 (Dec Deg) 365169 E 4106755 N, Zone 11 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	California
County/Second Level Region	Fresno Inyo
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Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 172 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 163) Selected Trip Reports: 1947-08-11 by Frederick Johnson 1994-09-17 by Richard Carey 1999-07-03 by Greg Gerlach 2000-08-05 by Bob Burd 2001-09-03 by Romain Wacziarg 2002-08-21 by Bob Burd 2006-09-23 by Lisa Barboza 2008-07 by Linda Emerson 2009-09-17 by michael sosnowski 2012-09-06 by David Hart 2013-07-18 by sukhyung shin (Unsuccessful) 2014-07-04 by Chris Terry 2015-07-12 by Sandy Lara (Unsuccessful) 2016-08-06 by Scott Larson 2016-09-04 by Scott Larson 2016-09-08 by Dave Covill 2018-08-11 by Scott Larson 2018-08-19 by Ayelet Bitton 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) 2020-08-21 by Sean Casserly 2021-07-08 by Christopher Czaplicki 2021-07-21 by Michael Chamoun 2021-08-08 by Emily Cheng (GPS Track)
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Getting ready to climb Thunderbolt's summit block just as the sun begins to light it up (2013-07-20). Photo by Craig Barlow.
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Prominence

Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)
  Clean Prominence: 203 ft/62 m
  Optimistic Prominence: 243 ft/74 m
  Line Parent: Starlight Peak
  Key Col: 13,800 ft/4206 m

Isolation

Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)
   Distance: 0.21 mi/0.33 km
   Isolation Limit Point: 37.095, -118.515
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
    Starlight Peak  (SE)

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

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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 Cheng.
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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 Cheng.
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