Mount Ruskin is a 12,920-foot-elevation (3,940-meter) mountain summit located in Kings Canyon National Park, in Fresno County of northern California, United States.

[3] It is situated west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, immediately east of Cartridge Pass, and 1.4 miles (2.3 km) south of Vennacher Needle, the nearest higher neighbor.

The first ascent of the summit was made August 7, 1895, by Bolton Coit Brown via the class 3 northwest ridge from Cartridge Pass.

[6] 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, causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall onto the range (orographic lift).