Red Slate Mountain

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Red Slate Mountain (13,163 ft.)

Named by Whitney Survey in 1873

"Named by the Whitney Survey in 1864 [and climbed by James T. Gardiner]. This mountain and several others of similar coloring were called 'Red Slate Peaks.' The present name is on Hoffmann's map of 1873, but it is not clear whether it applies to this peak or to Red and White Mountain."
- Peter Browning, Place Names of the Sierra Nevada
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