Rodgers Peak

{{short description|Mountain in California, United States}}

{{For|the mountain in Oregon|Rogers Peak}}

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{{Infobox mountain

| name = Rodgers Peak

| photo = North Fork San Joaquin Drainage.jpg

| photo_caption = Rodgers Peak centered at top
(Aerial view from the south)

| elevation_ft = 12978

| elevation_ref = {{NAVD88}}{{cite peakbagger |pid= 2630 |name=Rodgers Peak, California |access-date=2019-02-12}}

| prominence = {{convert| 738 |ft|0|abbr=on}}

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| range = Ritter Range

| parent_peak =

| listing = Mountains of California

| location = Mono County / Madera County
California, U.S.

| map = USA California#USA

| map_caption = Location in California

| map_size = 240

| label_position = bottom

| coordinates = {{coord|37|43|30|N|119|15|27|W|type:mountain_region:US-CA_scale:100000_source:NGS|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref =

| topo = USGS Mount Lyell

| first_ascent =

| easiest_route = Scramble, {{YDS|2}} {{cite summitpost |id=152094 |name=Rodgers Peak|access-date=2019-02-12}}

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Rodgers Peak is the most northwestern peak in the Ritter Range in Madera County, California.{{cite web | url=https://www.mountainzone.com/mountains/california/madera-ca/summits/rodgers-peak-3/ | title=Rodgers Peak, Madera County CA | publisher=mountainzone.com | access-date=12 February 2019}} The peak lies on the boundary between Yosemite National Park and the Ansel Adams Wilderness further east.{{cite web | url=https://www.summitpost.org/rodgers-peak/152094 | title=Rodgers Peak, California, United States, North America | publisher=summitpost.org | access-date=12 February 2019 | author=Holliman, Matthew}} Rodgers Peak is the fourth-highest mountain in Yosemite National Park.{{cite web | url=https://www.peakbagger.com/List.aspx?lid=-242999&cid=2429 | title=Yosemite NP Peaks | publisher=peakbagger.com | access-date=24 March 2019 | author=Kelliher, Mat}}{{cite web | url=https://www.summitpost.org/yosemite-s-highest-peaks/742800 | title=Yosemite's Highest Peaks | publisher=summitpost.org | accessdate=24 March 2019 | author=Mrchad9}}

Mount Davis, Banner Peak, and Mount Ritter are visible from the summit, as well as the Yosemite peaks Mount Maclure and Mount Lyell. Electra Peak is quite close, and Foerster Peak is also near.

Etymology

All of Rodgers Peak, Rodgers Canyon, Rodgers Meadow, and Rodgers Lake are named for Captain Alexander Rodgers, Fourth Cavalry, US Army, who was acting superintendent of Yosemite National Park, in 1895 and 1897.{{cite web | url=http://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/place_names_of_the_high_sierra/r.html | title=Place Names of the High Sierra (1926) | publisher=yosemite.ca.us | date=1926 | accessdate=12 February 2019 | author=Farquhar, Francis P.}}

Lieutenant N. F. McClure named the peak, in 1895.

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Rodgers Peak is located in an alpine climate zone.{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Sierra-Nevada-mountains/Climate |title=Climate of the Sierra Nevada |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica}} Most weather fronts originate in the Pacific Ocean, and travel east toward the Sierra Nevada mountains. As fronts approach, they are forced upward by the peaks (orographic lift), causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall onto the range.

See also

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