Picture Puzzle

{{Short description|Mountain peak of the Sierra Nevada in California, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Picture Puzzle

| other_name =

| photo = Picture Puzzle from Bishop Pass.jpg

| photo_caption = South aspect, from Bishop Pass

| elevation = 13,286+ ft (4050+ m)

| elevation_ref = {{cite peakbagger |pid=2743 |name=Picture Puzzle Peak, California |accessdate=2021-04-20}}

| prominence = {{cvt|600|ft|0}}

| prominence_ref =

| isolation_mi = 1.12

| isolation_ref = {{cite loj |id=32335 |title=Picture Puzzle CA |accessdate=2021-04-20}}

| parent_peak = Cloudripper (13,525 ft)

| etymology =

| map = California#USA

| map_caption = Location in California

| map_size = 220

| label_position = right

| country = United States

| state = California

| region = Inyo

| region_type = County

| part_type = Protected area

| part = John Muir Wilderness

| range = Sierra Nevada
Inconsolable Range

| coordinates = {{coord|37.1279154|N|118.5388440|W|type:mountain_region:US-CA_scale:100000_source:GNIS|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis|id=1667282|name=Picture Puzzle|accessdate=2021-04-20}}

| topo = USGS Mount Thompson

| rock = Inconsolable Quartz Monzodiorite[https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/stratotype-inventory-sequoia-and-kings-canyon-national-parks-california.htm Stratotype Inventory—Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, California, nps.gov]

| age = Cretaceous

| first_ascent = 1937 by Norman Clyde

| easiest_route = Exposed scramble, {{YDS|3}}

}}

Picture Puzzle, also known as Picture Puzzle Peak, is a {{convert|13,297|ft|meter|adj=mid|-elevation|abbr=off|sp=us}} mountain summit located one mile east of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Inyo County of northern California, United States.Steve Roper, The Climber's Guide to the High Sierra, 1976, Sierra Club Books, {{ISBN|9780871561473}}, page 195. It is situated in the Palisades area of the John Muir Wilderness, on land managed by Inyo National Forest. It is approximately {{convert|14.5|mi}} west of the community of Big Pine, one mile north of Bishop Pass, {{convert|0.8|mi}} northwest of Aperture Peak, {{convert|1.2|mi}} north-northwest of Mount Agassiz, and {{convert|1.1|mi}} south-southwest of parent Cloudripper. Picture Puzzle ranks as the 90th-highest summit in California, and the third-highest peak of the Inconsolable Range.