The Ritter Range from the High Trail

Mt. Ritter, Banner Peak, and the Minarets form the "Ritter Range". The two named peaks are at the right side of this image, with Banner Peak (12,890') the rightmost peak, then Mt. Ritter (13,143'). Mt. Ritter was named by Josiah Whitney after Karl Ritter, a 19yh-century German geographer under whom Whitney studied in Berlin.

The Minarets appear as the jagged ridge to the left of center. Minaret identification is per illustration in Secor's "The High Sierra: Peaks, Passes, and Trails". The stream flowing down in waterfalls in the lower left is Shadow Creek, the exit stream flowing out of Shadow Lake. The lower image is a full-width shot...pan over to see the rest of the range.