Most of the mountain range lies within the Ansel Adams Wilderness.

The John Muir Trail passes by many lakes within the Ritter Range.

The range is named for Carl Ritter, who had been a teacher of Josiah Whitney when he was a student in Berlin in the 1840s.

"[2] The Ritter Range, near the Minarets and Minaret Lake, was the site of the plane crash of Steve Fossett in 2007.

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