{{short description|Mountain in California, United States}} {{For|the mountain in Oregon|Rogers Peak}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Rodgers Peak | image = Rodgers Peak, Howard Weamer, 1974.jpg | image_caption = Rodgers Peak from Lyell Lake | elevation_ft = 12978 | elevation_ref = {{NAVD88}}<ref name="pb">{{cite peakbagger |pid= 2630 |name=Rodgers Peak, California |access-date=2019-02-12}}</ref> | prominence = {{convert| 738 |ft|0|abbr=on}}<!-- currently necessary --> | prominence_ref = <ref name="pb"/> | range = Ritter Range | parent_peak = | listing = Mountains of California | location = Mono County / Madera County<br />California, U.S. | map = USA California#USA | map_caption = Location in California | map_size = 240 | label_position = bottom | coordinates = {{coord|37|43|30|N|119|15|27|W|type:mountain_region:US-CA_scale:100000_source:NGS|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name= pb/> | topo = USGS ''Mount Lyell'' | first_ascent = | easiest_route = Scramble, {{YDS|2}} {{cite summitpost |id=152094 |name=Rodgers Peak|access-date=2019-02-12}} | fetchwikidata = ALL }}
'''Rodgers Peak''' is the most northwestern peak in the Ritter Range<ref name="Rodgers Peak, California, United States, North America"/> in Madera County, California.<ref name="Rodgers Peak, Madera County CA">{{cite web | url=https://www.mountainzone.com/mountains/california/madera-ca/summits/rodgers-peak-3/ | title=Rodgers Peak, Madera County CA | publisher=mountainzone.com | access-date=12 February 2019}}</ref> The peak lies on the boundary between Yosemite National Park and the Ansel Adams Wilderness further east.<ref name="Rodgers Peak, California, United States, North America">{{cite web | url=https://www.summitpost.org/rodgers-peak/152094 | title=Rodgers Peak, California, United States, North America | publisher=summitpost.org | access-date=12 February 2019 | author=Holliman, Matthew}}</ref> Rodgers Peak is the fourth-highest mountain in Yosemite National Park.<ref name="Yosemite NP Peaks">{{cite web | url=https://www.peakbagger.com/List.aspx?lid=-242999&cid=2429 | title=Yosemite NP Peaks | publisher=peakbagger.com | access-date=24 March 2019 | author=Kelliher, Mat}}</ref><ref name="Yosemite's Highest Peaks">{{cite web | url=https://www.summitpost.org/yosemite-s-highest-peaks/742800 | title=Yosemite's Highest Peaks | publisher=summitpost.org | accessdate=24 March 2019 | author=Mrchad9}}</ref>
Mount Davis, Banner Peak, and Mount Ritter are visible from the summit, as well as the Yosemite peaks Mount Maclure and Mount Lyell. Electra Peak is quite close, and Foerster Peak is also near.
==Etymology== All of Rodgers Peak, Rodgers Canyon, Rodgers Meadow, and Rodgers Lake are named for Captain Alexander Rodgers, Fourth Cavalry, US Army, who was acting superintendent of Yosemite National Park, in 1895 and 1897.<ref name="Rodgers Peak, California, United States, North America"/><ref name="Place Names of the High Sierra (1926) ">{{cite web | url=http://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/place_names_of_the_high_sierra/r.html | title=Place Names of the High Sierra (1926) | publisher=yosemite.ca.us | date=1926 | accessdate=12 February 2019 | author=Farquhar, Francis P.}}</ref>
Lieutenant N. F. McClure named the peak, in 1895.<ref name="Rodgers Peak, California, United States, North America"/>
==Climate== According to the Köppen climate classification system, Rodgers Peak is located in an alpine climate zone.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Sierra-Nevada-mountains/Climate |title=Climate of the Sierra Nevada |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</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 (orographic lift), causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall onto the range.
==See also== * {{Portal-inline|Mountains|size=tiny}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links and references== * {{commons-inline}} * [http://highsierratopix.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=8842 Notes on Rodgers Pass]
Category:Mountains of Madera County, California Category:Mountains of Mono County, California Category:Mountains of Yosemite National Park Category:Three-thousanders of the United States Category:Mountains of Northern California Category:Sierra Nevada (United States)