Banner Peak
Banner Peak (right) from the John Muir Trail, July 2006
Elevation	12,936 feet (3,943 m) [1]
Location	Madera County, California, USA
Range	Ritter Range, Sierra Nevada
Prominence	856 feet (261 m) [1]
Parent peak	Mount Ritter [2]
Coordinates	37°41′48″N 119°11′43″W / 37.6966000°N 119.1951415°W / 37.6966000; -119.1951415Coordinates: 37°41′48″N 119°11′43″W / 37.6966000°N 119.1951415°W / 37.6966000; -119.1951415 [3]
Topo map	USGS Mount Ritter
Type	Metavolcanic rock
Age of rock	Cretaceous
First ascent	1883 by Willard D. Johnson and John Miller
Easiest route	Scramble, class 2 [4]
Listing	Sierra Peaks Section [4]

Banner Peak is the second tallest peak in the Ritter Range of California's Sierra Nevada. The mountain is 12,936 feet (3,943 m) tall and there are a few glaciers on its slopes. It lies within the boundaries of the Ansel Adams Wilderness; at the foot of the peak lie Garnet Lake and the famous Thousand Island Lake. Banner Peak is near the town of Mammoth Lakes; from there, climbers can hike to the foot of the mountain where various routes, the easiest of which is a class 2,^[4] reach the summit. Other nearby lakes to the peak include Lake Catherine, Shadow Lake, and Ediza Lake.

The peak was named in 1883 by USGS topographer Willard D. Johnson who observed a banner cloud streaming from the summit.^[5]

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[edit] External links

• Banner Peak view, a 360-degree video taken from Banner Peak

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