SPS, Sierra Peaks Section, 247 Peaks
The Sierra Peak Section
was founded in October 1955 as a section in the Angeles Chapter
of the Sierra Club. The peak list proposed by Frank Sanborn, the
first chair of the SPS, contained 100 peaks. Miles Brubacher,
the first chair of the Mountaineering Committee, added to this
list and compiled the first list of qualifying peaks around November
1955. It had 200 peaks on it with 10 emblem peaks. The present
list of 247 peaks extends from Pilot Knob the most southerly peak
west of Walker Pass, to Adams Peak the most northerly peak which
is about 30 miles northwest of Reno, Nevada. All of the peaks
are in California except Mount Rose which is in Nevada. The SPS
list, which is unchanged since October 1992, has 15 emblem peaks
and 35 mountaineers peaks. In the waypoint files the emblem
peaks are identified by a # symbol in front of the name in the
16 character description and the mountaineers peaks are
identified by a * symbol. There is no duplication between the
emblem and mountaineers peaks.
The official publication
of the SPS is The Sierra Echo which is issued six times
a year. Subscriptions are $12.00 per year and are paid to the
current treasurer who is: Scott Sullivan who can be reached at:
ssullivan@aol.com. The Section does not publish a peaks guide
for the list ,however most of the peaks are covered in the book:
The High Sierra, by R.J.Secor, published by the Mountaineers,
Seattle, WA, 1992. Those northern peaks not covered in this book
are described in the Northern Sierra Peaks Guide, by Pete Yamagata.
This is available by sending $10.00 to: Toiyabe Chapter, Sierra
Club, Box 8096, Reno, NV 89507. The SPS has a web page at: http://angeleschapter.org/sps/.
Another good site for a listing of SPS peaks accessable by a clickable
map is: http://www.climber.org/eckert/SierraPeaksList.html
Go to Sierra Peaks Section primary list Go to UTM table Go to climbing log Go to GPS waypoint file