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Mount Ritter

Mount Ritter 🏔️ Overview Mount Ritter is one of the most distinctive high peaks of California’s Sierra Nevada. Rising above the Ansel Adams Wilderness, it is the highest summit of the Ritter Range and the highest point in Madera County. Its dark, rugged rock contrasts sharply with the lighter granite that characterizes much of the …

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Mount Ritter, A Marvel of Nature

When the electrified chaos of the city becomes too loud, it is necessary to escape to nature. John Muir waxed poetic on the subject, and I would tend to agree with his waxings. A visit to Mount Ritter, whose jagged profile can be seen from his eponymous trail in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of Central …

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