Editing Red Slate Mountain (section)

{{Short description|Summit in the Sierra Nevada, California}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Red Slate Mountain
| photo = Red Slate Mtn from Lake Dorothy.jpg
| photo_caption = Red Slate Mountain from Lake Dorothy
| elevation = 13,129+ ft (4,002+ m)
| elevation_ref = {{NAVD88}}<ref name="pb">{{cite peakbagger |pid=2651 |name=Red Slate Mountain, California |access-date=2008-11-28}}</ref>
| prominence_ft = 1683
| prominence_ref = <ref name="pb"/>
| parent_peak = [[Ruby Peak (California)|Ruby Peak]]<ref name="loj">{{cite loj |id=32371 |name=Red Slate Mountain |accessdate=2011-06-03}}</ref>
| listing = {{unbulleted list
  | [[List of the highest major summits of North America|North America highest peaks]] 122nd
  | [[List of the highest major summits of the United States|US highest major peaks]] 104th
  | [[List of highest mountain peaks of California|California highest major peaks]] 16th
  | Western States Climbers Star peak<ref name="wsc">{{cite wsc |accessdate=2016-03-24}}</ref>
}}
| location = [[Fresno County, California|Fresno]] / [[Mono County, California|Mono]] counties, [[California|California, U.S.]]
| map = California#USA
| map_caption = Location in California
| map_size = 240
| label_position = below
| range =  [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]]
| coordinates = {{coord|37.507549114|N|118.869293842|W|type:mountain_region:US-CA_scale:100000_source:NGS|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| range_coordinates = 
| coordinates_ref = <ref>{{cite ngs |id=HR2690 |name=Red Slate Mountain |accessdate=2008-11-28}}</ref>
| topo = [[United States Geological Survey|USGS]] Convict Lake
| type = [[Metamorphic rock]]
| age = [[Paleozoic]]
| first_ascent = 1898 by [[Joseph Nisbet LeConte|Joseph N. LeConte]] and Clarence L. Cory<ref name="Farquhar">
  {{cite Farquhar |index=R |accessdate=2008-11-28}}</ref>
| easiest_route = [[Scrambling|Scramble]], {{YDS|1 & 2}}<ref name="Roper">{{cite Roper |page=130}}</ref>
}}

'''Red Slate Mountain''' is a summit in the [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]]. It lies along the [[Sierra Crest]] that divides [[Fresno County, California|Fresno County]] from [[Mono County, California]].

Red Slate Mountain can be reached by scrambling either from [[McGee Pass]], or starting from [[Bighorn Lake (California)|Bighorn Lake]].

The area to the north of Red Slate Mountain is among the most seismically active in California which is associated with the [[Long Valley Caldera]].

Red Slate Mountain was named by the [[California Geological Survey]], in 1873. However, it is not clear whether the survey meant to name this peak, or [[Red and White Mountain]].<ref name="Farquhar"/>