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Record SL-821498 · Wikidata Q49061081

Picture Puzzle

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Elevation
4,048 m
13,281 ft
Prominence
Isolation
1.8 km
Coordinates
37.1279° N, 118.5388° W
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Picture Puzzle
Picture PuzzleWikimedia Commons

Description

Wikipedia

Picture Puzzle, also known as Picture Puzzle Peak, is a 13,297-foot-elevation (4,053-meter) mountain summit located one mile east of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Inyo County of northern California, United States. It is situated in the Palisades area of the John Muir Wilderness, on land managed by Inyo National Forest. It is approximately 14.5 miles (23.3 km) west of the community of Big Pine, one mile north of Bishop Pass, 0.8 miles (1.3 km) northwest of Aperture Peak, 1.2 miles (1.9 km) north-northwest of Mount Agassiz, and 1.1 miles (1.8 km) south-southwest of parent Cloudripper. Picture Puzzle ranks as the 90th-highest summit in California, and the third-highest peak of the Inconsolable Range.

First ascent

Date
1937
Norman Clyde
Source · wikipedia

Best months

Rows beneath each bar: mean temperature, monthly precipitation. Highest-scoring month in red.

Neighbouring summits

Name Elevation Bearing Distance
Gendarme Peak 4,039 m E 103° 0.7 km
Aperture Peak 4,043 m SE 146° 1.3 km
Two Eagle Peak 3,956 m E 82° 1.4 km
Cloudripper 4,122 m NE 24° 1.8 km
Mount Agassiz 4,235 m S 158° 1.9 km
Chocolate Peak 3,561 m NW 333° 2.2 km

Climbing routes

nearest first
Route Area Grade From summit
The Diamond Two Eagle Peak 4c 1.5 km
West Chute Cloudripper 1- 1.8 km
North Slope Cloudripper 1- 1.8 km
East Ridge Cloudripper 1- 1.8 km
Inconsolable Traverse Cloudripper 4c 1.8 km
North Slope Vagabond Peak (aka Thunder and Lightning Peak) 1- 2.5 km
North Buttress Mt. Goode 5c 2.6 km
Sky Pilot Mt. Goode 6c+ 2.6 km
North Buttress Variation. Mt. Goode 7a 2.6 km
West Ridge of Mt Goode Mt. Goode 4a 2.6 km
No Goode Mt. Goode 4a 2.6 km
Goode Adventure Mt. Goode 6c+ 2.6 km
South East Slope Mt. Goode 1- 2.6 km
Jonny B. Goode Mt. Goode 6a+ 2.6 km
Goode Earth Mt. Goode 6a+ 2.6 km
Northeast Ridge, Traverse from Hurd Peak Peak 12,192 1+ 2.8 km
Northwest Ridge Peak 12,192 1- 2.8 km
East Arete Mt. Winchell 1- 2.8 km
Southwest Chute Mt. Winchell 4c 2.8 km
McKenzie's Arete Mt. Winchell 6b 2.8 km
West Arete Mt. Winchell 5b 2.8 km
North Ridge Hurd Peak 5a 2.9 km
South Lake Peaks Traverse Hurd Peak 1+ 2.9 km
Northeast Arete Hurd Peak 4b 2.9 km
Don't Be a Square Trapezoid Peak 6a 3.3 km