{{Short description|Mountain peak of the Sierra Nevada in California, United States}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Cloudripper | other_name = | image = Cloudripper.jpg | image_caption = West aspect, (Chocolate Peak to the right) | elevation_ft = 13525 | elevation_ref = {{navd88}}<ref name="pb">{{cite peakbagger |pid=2742|name=Cloudripper, California|accessdate=2021-04-20}}</ref> | prominence_ft = 845 | prominence_ref = <ref name="pb"/> | isolation_mi = 2.12 | isolation_ref = <ref name="listsofjohn">{{cite loj |id=32299 |name=Cloudripper - 13,525' CA |accessdate=2021-04-20}}</ref> | parent_peak = Mount Agassiz (13,899 ft)<ref name="listsofjohn"/> | listing = Sierra Peaks Section | map = USA California#USA | map_caption = none | map_size = 200 | label_position = left | country = United States | state = California | region = Inyo | region_type = County | part_type = Protected area | part = John Muir Wilderness | range = Sierra Nevada<br/>Palisades<br/>Inconsolable Range<ref name="pb"/> | coordinates = {{coord|37.1427527|N|118.5304693|W|type:mountain_region:US-CA_scale:100000_source:GNIS|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name="gnis">{{cite gnis|id=1667271|name=Cloudripper|accessdate=2021-04-20}}</ref> | topo = USGS ''Mount Thompson'' | rock = | age = | first_ascent = 1926 or 1927 Norman Clyde | easiest_route = East Ridge }}
'''Cloudripper''' is a {{convert|13,525|ft|meter|adj=mid|-elevation|abbr=off|sp=us}} mountain summit located two miles east of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Inyo County of northern California, United States.<ref name="gnis"/> It is situated in the Palisades area of the John Muir Wilderness, on land managed by Inyo National Forest. It is approximately {{convert|14|mi}} west of the community of Big Pine, {{convert|1.1|mi}} north-northeast of Picture Puzzle, and {{convert|2.1|mi}} south of parent Mount Agassiz. Cloudripper ranks as the 58th highest summit in California,<ref name="listsofjohn"/> and the highest point of the Inconsolable Range.<ref name="pb"/>
==Climbing== Established climbing routes on Cloudripper:<ref name="Hedden">{{cite web |url=https://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/climbers_guide/palisades.html |first1=Alan M. |last1=Hedden |first2=David R. |last2=Brower |title=A Climber's Guide to the High Sierra |year=1954}}</ref>
* East Ridge via Big Pine Lakes – {{YDS|1}} * North Ridge via Green Lake – class 2 * West Chute via Chocolate Lake – class 3<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mountainproject.com/route/106842277/west-chute |title=West Chute Cloudripper |publisher=Mountainproject.com}}</ref>
The first ascent of the summit was made June 15, 1927, by Norman Clyde, who is credited with 130 first ascents, most of which were in the Sierra Nevada.<ref name="Hedden"/><ref>[http://www.owensvalleyhistory.com/norman_clyde/page57.html Norman Clyde - Mountaineer, Owensvalleyhistory.com]</ref> Other sources place the date as June 15, 1926.<ref>R. J. Secor, ''The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, Trails'', 2009, Third Edition, Mountaineers Books, {{ISBN|9781594857386}}</ref><ref>Steve Roper, ''The Climber's Guide to the High Sierra'', 1976, Sierra Club Books, {{ISBN|9780871561473}}, page 348.</ref>
==Climate== According to the Köppen climate classification system, Cloudripper is located in an alpine climate zone.<ref name=KGcc2007>{{Cite Köppen-Geiger cc 2007}}</ref> 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, causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall onto the range (orographic lift). Precipitation runoff from this mountain drains east into North Fork Big Pine Creek, and northwest into headwaters of Bishop Creek.
==Gallery== <div style="max-width: 400px;"> <gallery mode=slideshow> File:Cloudripper winter.jpg|Cloudripper in winter File:Cloudripper east ridge.jpg|Cloudripper's summit File:Cloudripper am ripping cloud snow.jpg </gallery> </div>
==See also== * {{Portal-inline|Mountains|size=tiny}} * List of the major 4000-meter summits of California
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * Weather forecast: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-5338072/United%20States/California/Inyo%20County/Cloudripper Cloudripper] * {{cite summitpost |id=151202 |name=Cloudripper}}
Category:Inyo National Forest Category:Mountains of Inyo County, California Category:Mountains of the John Muir Wilderness Category:Four-thousanders of the United States Category:Mountains of Northern California Category:Sierra Nevada (United States)