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“Michael’s Pinnacle”

Officially fails because saddle depth is less than 300'

The interactive map below is initially centered on the target summit (“Michael’s Pinnacle”), but may be scrolled around by simply grabbing hold of the map image with the mouse and dragging. The controls at the top may also be used to pan around, adjust magnification, and select different map types. Clicking a peak marker displays a window containing information about the summit. Even more information about “Michael’s Pinnacle” appears in the Peak Details section just below the map.

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Red Marker Summit of “Michael’s Pinnacle” - click here to re-center map on this peak
Blue MarkerHighest saddle connecting “Michael’s Pinnacle” with a higher summit
Green Marker An official VRMC California Thirteener summit
Grey Marker A summit that narrowly fails the official VRMC California Thirteener passing criteria

“Michael’s Pinnacle” Details

Official summit elevation4172m (13,688')
Summit elevation source mapTRIPLE DIVIDE PEAK, CA USGS 7.5' Quadrangle (40 foot contour)
DEM summit4172m
Map summit13,680'+
DEM saddle4116m
Map saddle13,480'+
Official saddle depth184'
Saddle elevation source mapTRIPLE DIVIDE PEAK, CA USGS 7.5' Quadrangle (40 foot contour)
Official saddle elevation sourceTRIPLE DIVIDE PEAK, CA USGS 10 meter DEM
Difficulty (via easiest route)Class 4
Secor (3rd ed.) guidebook page115
Secor (2nd ed.) guidebook page113
Roper guidebook page(no references)
SummitPost.org page(Please send page reference if you have one.)
Climber.Org trip reportsmichaels
SPS list classification(none)
Summit UTM easting (NAD27)365400
Summit UTM northing (NAD27)4044570
Summit longitude (WGS84)-118.5046
Summit latitude (WGS84)36.5388
Saddle UTM easting (NAD27)365360
Saddle UTM northing (NAD27)4044630
Saddle longitude (WGS84)-118.5050
Saddle latitude (WGS84)36.5393