Corral Ridge

{{Short description|Mountain summit in California, US}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Corral Ridge | image = | image_caption = | elevation_ft = 8174 | elevation_ref = {{NAVD88}}<ref name="pb"> {{cite peakbagger |pid=2584 |name=Corral Hollow Hill, California |accessdate=2009-07-06}}</ref> | prominence = {{convert|210|ft|0|abbr=on}} | prominence_ref =<ref name="pb"/> | listing = California county high points 26th | location = Calaveras County, California, U.S. | map = California | map_caption = Location in California | map_size = 240 | label_position = below | range = Sierra Nevada | coordinates = {{coord|38.483421|N|120.076763|W|type:mountain_region:US-CA_scale:100000_source:Peakbagger.com|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name="pb"/> | topo = USGS ''Tamarack'' | type = | age = | first_ascent = | easiest_route = }}

'''Corral Ridge''' or '''Corral Hollow Hill''', a minor summit in the Sierra Nevada, is the highest point in Calaveras County.<ref name="pb"/> It stands nearly {{convert|4000|ft|-2}} above the North Fork of the Mokelumne River. Located near the Alpine county line, it is east of the Salt Springs Reservoir and west of the town of Bear Valley.<ref name="topo"> {{cite map | publisher = USGS | title = Tamarack quadrangle, California | url = http://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=38.483421&lon=-120.076763&datum=nad83&zoom=4&size=l | scale = 1:24000 | series = 7.5 Minute Topographic | accessdate = 2009-12-22 }}</ref> Due to its high elevation much of the precipitation that the summit receives is in the form of snow.<ref> {{cite web | title = Subsection M261Eg - Upper Foothills Metamorphic Belt | url = http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/projects/ecoregions/m261eg.htm | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20050311001558/http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/projects/ecoregions/m261eg.htm | archivedate = 2005-03-11 | publisher = USDA, Forest Service | accessdate = 2007-12-05 }}</ref>

== See also == * Stanislaus National Forest

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==External links== * {{cite summitpost |id=540265 |name=Corral Ridge 540265}}

Category:Mountains of the Sierra Nevada (United States) Category:Mountains of Calaveras County, California Category:Mountains of Northern California