Red Slate Mountain is a summit in the

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. It lies along the

Sierra Crest The Sierra Crest is a roughly generally north-to-south ridgeline that demarcates the broad west and narrow east slopes of the Sierra Nevada and that extends as far east as the Sierra's topographic front (e.g., Diamond Mountains and Sierran e ...

that divides

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from

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. Red Slate Mountain can be reached by scrambling either from McGee Pass, or starting from Bighorn Lake. The area to the north of Red Slate Mountain is among the most seismically active in California which is associated with the Long Valley Caldera. Red Slate Mountain was named by the

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, in 1873. However, it is not clear whether the survey meant to name this peak, or Red and White Mountain.

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* * * Mountains of Mono County, California Mountains of Fresno County, California Mountains of the John Muir Wilderness North American 4000 m summits Mountains of Northern California {{MonoCountyCA-geo-stub

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