Raymond Peak is a mountain summit located in Alpine County, California, United States.
Description Raymond Peak is set north of Ebbetts Pass in the Mokelumne Wilderness, on land managed by Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest. It is situated in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, with precipitation runoff from the peak draining into tributaries of the Carson River. Topographic relief is significant as the south aspect rises above Pennsylvania Creek in one-half mile. Neighbors include Reynolds Peak, to the south and Highland Peak, southeast. The Pacific Crest Trail traverses three-quarters of the circumference of the base of the mountain, providing an approach option from Ebbetts Pass or Lower Sunset Lake. The jagged volcanic pinnacles that form Raymond Peak are visible from Highway 395 when travelling southbound from Carson City, Nevada, approximately 30 miles distant.David A. John (USGS), East Part of the Raymond Peak Roadless Area, California, Geological Survey Professional Paper 1300, 1984, U.S. Government Printing Office, p. 235
Etymology
The Whitney Survey named this landform in 1865, and the toponym has been officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to honor Rossiter W. Raymond (1840–1918), an American mining engineer, legal scholar and author.Peter Browning, Place Names of the Sierra Nevada: From Abbot to Zumwalt, 1986, Wilderness Press, , p. 178 His books contained reports about the state of mining activity in Alpine County.Rossiter W. Raymond (1871), Mines and Mining of the Rocky Mountains, the Inland Basin, and the Pacific Slope Comprising Treatises on Mining Law, Mineral Deposits, Machinery, and Metallurgical Processes, p. 79Rossiter W. Raymond (1873), Statistics of Mines and Mining in the States and Territories West of the Rocky Mountains, p. 11 The names of nearby geographical features such as Raymond Lake, Raymond Canyon Creek, Raymond Meadows, and Raymond Meadows Creek are derived from the peak.
Climate According to the Köppen climate classification system, Raymond Peak is located in an alpine climate zone. 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.
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External links Weather forecast: Raymond Peak