Cloudripper
Cloudripper rises to 4,122 m in California. North Palisade stands 4,343 m to the south-southeast, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Vagabond Peak, a peak 0.5 miles away.
The story
Cloudripper is a 13,525-foot-elevation (4,122-meter) mountain summit located two miles east of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Inyo County of northern California, United States. It is situated in the Palisades area of the John Muir Wilderness, on land managed by Inyo National Forest. It is approximately 14 miles (23 km) west of the community of Big Pine, 1.1 miles (1.8 km) north-northeast of Picture Puzzle, and 2.1 miles (3.4 km) south of parent Mount Agassiz. Cloudripper ranks as the 58th highest summit in California, and the highest point of the Inconsolable Range.
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Wikidata Q35735048, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4122 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Vagabond Peak: 0.5 mi
- Two Eagle Peak: 1.0 mi
- Chocolate Peak: 1.1 mi
- Gendarme Peak: 1.1 mi
- Picture Puzzle: 1.1 mi
- Grouse Spring: 4.5 mi
- Big Pine Spring: 9.0 mi
- Fish Springs: 15.3 mi
- Wilkerson Springs: 16.1 mi
- Uhlmeyer Spring: 16.3 mi
- Second Falls: 4.2 mi
- First Falls: 4.9 mi
- Triple Falls: 11.0 mi
- Upper Evolution Creek Falls: 14.7 mi
- Lower Evolution Creek Falls: 14.9 mi
- Starlite Playground and Park: 12.6 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 13.3 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 13.4 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 15.9 mi
- Bulpitt Park: 15.9 mi
- Great Cliffs: 9.6 mi
- Windy Cliff: 9.7 mi
- Muro Blanco: 16.1 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 16.5 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 18.9 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 2.7 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
- Piñyon Picnic Area Nature Trail: 22.6 mi
- Paiute-Shoshone Indian Cultural Center: 16.4 mi
- American Mule Museum: 17.2 mi
- Laws Railroad Museum: 20.4 mi
- Rock Monster: 5.2 mi
- John Muir Rock: 17.0 mi
- Bishop Community Garden: 17.2 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 21.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Cloudripper. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Palisade | SSE 165° | 4,343 m | 3.5 mi |
| Starlight Peak | SSE 166° | 4,323.7 m | 3.4 mi |
| Mount Sill | SSE 155° | 4,316 m | 3.6 mi |
| Polemonium Peak | SSE 163° | 4,298.2 m | 3.6 mi |
| Middle Palisade | SE 146° | 4,278.2 m | 6.0 mi |
| Thunderbolt Peak | SSE 167° | 4,268 m | 3.2 mi |
| Disappointment Peak | SE 146° | 4,258.6 m | 6.2 mi |
| Barrett Peak | SSE 160° | 4,258 m | 3.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:39 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:01 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 49 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bishop AP, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1667271 — Cloudripper, Inyo County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358816263
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