Place: CA-Banner Peak

Banner Peak (Mt Lyell 15', Mt Ritter 7.5')
( 37°41'47.77",-119°11'42.52")

Description:

Named by Willard D. Johnson, topographer, U.S.G.S., in 1883, on account of cloud-banners streaming from the summit. (J. N. Le Conte.)
First ascent by Willard D. Johnson and John Miller, August 26, 1883. (S.C.B., 1905, V:3, p. 193.)
From Place Names of the High Sierra (1926) by Francis P. Farquhar

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References:

•  Wikipedia
•  Backpacker Magazine, May 2002
•  Summit Post
• TimberLine Trails-Areil View
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