Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises over 2,100 feet (640 meters) above Spiller Creek in one mile.

Stanton Peak is the toponym officially adopted in 1932 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names for this landform.

[7] The first ascent of the summit was made during a snow storm on May 31, 1934, by Richard G. Johnson, Kenneth May, and Howard Twining.

[9] 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 moisture in the form of rain or snowfall to drop onto the range (orographic lift).