2015 Map of Disaster Peak

About this map

The high Sierra Nevada ridgeline forms a dramatic divide through this 2015 survey, which covers the boundary between Toiyabe National Forest and Stanislaus National Forest. The Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail winds across the landscape, providing a narrow corridor of human transit through the wilderness between peaks such as Disaster Peak and Stanislaus Peak. The terrain is characterized by steep glacial features, including the Clark Fork drainage and the granite formation known as The Iceberg. Several high-altitude water bodies are scattered throughout the quadrangle, including Golden Lake, Whitecliff Lake, and Poison Lake. This area at the border of Alpine and Tuolumne counties reflects a landscape managed for wilderness preservation, where names like Coyote Meadow and Iceberg Meadow indicate the mix of alpine grasslands and rock-dominated summits like Boulder Peak and Red Peak.