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Mount Russell, California

Prominence: 1096 ft, 334 m

Elevation: 14,088 feet, 4294 meters

True Isolation: 0.73 mi, 1.17 km

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 14,094 ft / 4296 m
Subpeaks	Mount Russell-East Peak (14,042 ft/4280 m) Mount Morgenson (13,927 ft/4245 m)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	36° 35' 24'' N, 118° 17' 27'' W 36.590085, -118.290796 (Dec Deg) 384534 E 4050176 N, Zone 11 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	California
County/Second Level Region	Inyo Tulare
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Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 276 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 268) Selected Trip Reports from this site: 1979-07-11 by Gordon Jacobs 1983-07-03 by Greg Gerlach 2008-09-06 by Lisa Barboza 2010-09-04 by Amin Faraday 2013-09-08 by Rakesh . 2013-09-15 by BMS 914 (GPS Track) 2014-07-08 by James Morehouse (Unsuccessful) 2014-07-22 by Kate Ledesma 2014-09-20 by Chase DuPont (GPS Track) 2015-07-08 by James Morehouse (GPS Track) 2016-07-02 by Jaeson Greer (GPS Track) 2016-07-09 by Scott Larson 2016-09-10 by Derek Tse (GPS Track) 2016-09-10 by Robert Bortolin 2016-09-26 by Cameron McNall (Unsuccessful) (GPS Track) 2017-03-19 by Harvest Mondello (Unsuccessful) 2017-09-05 by David Saha (GPS Track) 2018-06-03 by Tom Becht 2018-07-09 by Jared Shaw 2018-09-01 by Jack Eichler (GPS Track) 2019-07-14 by Adam Lievers 2019-08-12 by Amy Huang 2019-08-18 by Chris Kallstrand (GPS Track) 2019-10-17 by Ben Brownlee (GPS Track) 2019-10-21 by Ben R (GPS Track) 2019-10-22 by Rafee Memon (GPS Track)
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View of Mt. Russell from the summit of Mt. Whitney (1987-08-15). Photo by Richard Carey. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page (Detailed prominence information) Clean Prominence: 1096 ft/334 m Optimistic Prominence: 1161 ft/354 m Line Parent: Mount Whitney Key Col: 12,992 ft/3960 m
Isolation	Isolation Page (Detailed isolation information) Distance: 0.73 mi/1.17 km Isolation Limit Point: 36.579748, -118.29333 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database: Mount Whitney (S)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Pacific Ranges Range3: Sierra Nevada Range4: Sequoia Sierra Nevada Range5: Mount Whitney Group
Drainage Basins	Kern Tulare Lake Bed South San Joaquin Basin Internal Drainage-N.A. Worldwide Internal Drainage
Ownership	Land: Sequoia National Park
Topo Map	Mount Whitney O36118e3 1:24,000
First Ascent	June 24, 1926 Clyde, Norman (United States)
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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Other Photos

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Fishhook Arete is the twisting ridge on the right clearly defined by its shadow. The descent is off the regular East Ridge route (2003-09). Photo by Robert Garneau.
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EXPOSED BUT EASY SCRAMBLING ON THE EAST RIDGE (2014-10-12). Photo by JT Newgard.
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South face of Mt. Russell (2016-09-26). Photo by Cameron McNall.
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Our route up Russell with green being class 1-2 and yellow being class 3 (2019-08-23). Photo by Aaron Kissel.
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