Raymond Peak is a 10,014-foot-elevation (3,052 meter) mountain

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located in Alpine County, California, United States.

Description

Raymond Peak is set north of

Ebbetts Pass Ebbetts Pass (el. ), named after John Ebbetts, is a high mountain pass through the Sierra Nevada range in Alpine County, California. Ebbetts is the eastern of two passes in the area traversed by State Route 4. The western pass is the Pacific Grad ...

in the

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, on land managed by Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest. It is situated in the

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mountain range, with precipitation

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from the peak draining into tributaries of the Carson River. Topographic relief is significant as the south aspect rises above Pennsylvania Creek in one-half mile. Neighbors include Reynolds Peak, to the south and Highland Peak, southeast. The Pacific Crest Trail traverses three-quarters of the circumference of the base of the mountain, providing an approach option from Ebbetts Pass or Lower Sunset Lake. The jagged volcanic pinnacles that form Raymond Peak are visible from Highway 395 when travelling southbound from Carson City, Nevada, approximately 30 miles distant.

Etymology

The

Whitney Survey The California Geological Survey, previously known as the California Division of Mines and Geology, is the California state geologic agency. History Although it was not until 1880 that the California State Mining Bureau, predecessor to the Calif ...

named this landform in 1865, and the toponym has been officially adopted by the

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to honor

Rossiter W. Raymond Rossiter Worthington Raymond (April 27, 1840 in Cincinnati, Ohio – December 31, 1918 in Brooklyn, New York) was an American mining engineer, legal scholar and author. At his memorial, the President of Lehigh University described him as "one of ...

(1840–1918), an American mining engineer, legal scholar and author.Peter Browning, ''Place Names of the Sierra Nevada: From Abbot to Zumwalt'', 1986, Wilderness Press, , p. 178 His books contained reports about the state of mining activity in Alpine County. The names of nearby geographical features such as Raymond Lake, Raymond Canyon Creek, Raymond Meadows, and Raymond Meadows Creek are derived from the peak.

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Raymond Peak is located in an alpine climate zone. Most weather fronts originate in the Pacific Ocean and travel east toward the Sierra Nevada mountains. As fronts approach, they are forced upward by the peaks ( orographic lift), causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall onto the range.

Gallery

File:Raymond Peak.jpg, Southeast aspect File:Raymond Peak from Reynolds.jpg, View north from Reynolds Peak, with Peak 9860 on left, Raymond Peak to right File:Raymond Peak summit panorama.jpg, Summit panorama, camera pointed northwest File:Raymond and Reynolds peaks.jpg, Raymond Peak is the highest point of the volcanic remnants in the distance

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