Mt. Whitney Portal Store & Hostel Forums General Mt. Whitney Portal Store Message Board Mt Whitney Peak IDs

Thought some on here might be interested... I recently hiked up Mt Whitney (trip report in the First Timers thread) and finally had a chance to sit down and identify the surrounding peaks.

(click on the photos for larger, easier-to-read versions)


Eastern Sierra by Wattifoto, on Flickr


Mt Whitney by Wattifoto, on Flickr


Inyo Mountains by Wattifoto, on Flickr


Wotan's Throne by Wattifoto, on Flickr


Whitney Needles by Wattifoto, on Flickr


Hitchcock and Kaweahs by Wattifoto, on Flickr


Midway Mountain by Wattifoto, on Flickr


North View by Wattifoto, on Flickr


Feel free to read more here: http://earthpr0n.blogspot.com/2011/09/sierra-peak-ids-mt-whitney.html

and the album is here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wattifoto/sets/72157627621364409/

Hope you enjoy viewing these as much as I did making them, and corrections are absolutely welcome

This is very helpful, thanks for posting.

Out of Curiousity, is Alta Peak in Sequoia National Park visible in of these shots?

Funny you should ask that, that's the one peak that I most wanted to identify, as I got engaged there exactly one year ago today. It's extremely hard to spot, but if you can find Triple Divide Peak and Lions Rock, it's a small seemingly insignificant bump between them.

Very nice work with your peak IDs.

A couple of very minor corrections: in the fourth photo down, the prominence just west of Mirror Lake is misidentified as Wotans Throne. This unnamed prominence is often mistaken for Wotans Throne, but Wotans is actually further to the west, just to the northeast of Trail Camp. Oh, and to get really, really picky, there is no apostrophe in the correct spelling of 'Wotans' . . .

Also, in the same picture, it is Crooks 'Peak' (not 'Needle'--your second picture has it named correctly). Day Needle was renamed Crooks Peak by an Act of Congress in 1990 to honor Hulda Crooks, although most veteran climbers still refer to it as 'Day Needle'.

Great minds think alike huh! Thanks again! You must have put a lot of work into this.