Ruby Peak (California)

{{Short description|Mountain in the American state of California}}

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

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Ruby Peak

| other_name =

| photo = Ruby Wall.jpg

| photo_alt =

| photo_caption = Ruby Wall is in the center with Mount Mills on the left and Mono Pass on the right

| elevation_ft = 13,194

| elevation_ref = {{navd88}}{{cite peakbagger |id=2661 |name=Ruby Peak, California |accessdate=2011-06-03}}

| prominence_ft = 588

| prominence_ref =

| range = Sierra Nevada

| listing =

| parent_peak = Mount Mills{{cite loj |id=Ruby Peak |name=Ruby Peak |accessdate=2011-06-03}}

| location = Fresno and Inyo counties, California

| map = California

| map_caption =

| map_size = 200

| label =

| label_position =

| coordinates = {{coord|37.408898|N|118.782256|W|type:mountain_region:US-CA_scale:100000_source:peakbagger|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| range_coordinates =

| coordinates_ref =

| topo = USGS Mount Abbot

| first_ascent = 1946 by Fritz Gerstaker and Virginia Whitacre{{cite Secor |edition=3 |pages=343–345}}

| easiest_route = Scramble, {{YDS|3}}

}}

Ruby Peak is a thirteener on the Sierra Crest, north of Mount Mills. It is in the John Muir Wilderness and on the boundary between the Sierra National Forest and the Inyo National Forest. It is near Mono Pass.{{cite web | url=https://www.summitpost.org/ruby-peak-0-7-mi-sw-of-ruby-lake/524881 | title=Ruby Peak, (0.7 mi SW of Ruby Lake) | publisher=summitpost.org | accessdate=2 February 2019}} The eastern slope drains into Rock Creek which feeds the Owens River while the western slopes drains in Mono Creek which feeds the South Fork of the San Joaquin River.