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The Minarets are a series of jagged peaks located in the Ritter Range, a sub-range of the Sierra Nevada in the state of California. They are easily viewed from Minaret Summit, which is accessible by auto. Collectively, they form an arête, and are a prominent feature in the Ansel Adams Wilderness which was known as the Minaret Wilderness until it was renamed in honor of Ansel Adams in 1984.
The peaks were named in 1868 by the California Geographical Survey, which reported: "To the south of Mount Ritter are some grand pinnacles of granite, very lofty and apparently inaccessible, to which we gave the name of 'the Minarets.'"
Seventeen of the Minarets have been given unofficial names, including Michael Minaret, Adams Minaret, Leonard Minaret, and Clyde Minaret. Clyde Minaret, named after Norman Clyde, is the tallest of the spires. The Southeast Face Route of Clyde Minaret is a technical rock climb featured in Fifty Classic Climbs of North America.
The area is notable for two fatalities:
Walter A. Starr, Jr., author of Starr’s Guide to the John Muir Trail and the High Sierra Region, fell to his death while solo-climbing the northwest face of Michael Minaret in 1933.
Steve Fossett, an American aviator and adventurer, died in a plane crash near the Minarets in 2007.
References
External links
Media related to Minarets at Wikimedia Commons
"Clyde Minaret". SummitPost.org.
"Michael Minaret". SummitPost.org.
"Virtual Reality of Lake Ediza". VirtualParks.org. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
Minarets is a former settlement in Madera County, California. It was located 5 miles (8 km) southeast of North Fork.
A post office operated at Minarets from 1925 to 1933. Minarets was the terminus of the Minarets and Western Railroad.
The name Minarets was applied to a geologic feature in the county; see Minarets (California). The name was applied to a city planned as the county seat for the then newly established Madera County located 15 miles (24 km) east of Madera.