 In 1961 , a 12 @,@ 362 @-@ foot ( <unk> meter ) High Sierra peak was officially named Mount Cedric Wright ( 36 ° 54 ′ 13 @.@ 9 ″ N 118 ° 23 ′ 15 @.@ 2 ″ W ) , in memory of Wright , who was described as an " internationally known photographer whose photography has made a significant contribution to the appreciation of the natural scene . " The mountain is located in Kings Canyon National Park , 1 @.@ 9 km ( 1 @.@ 2 mi ) southwest of Colosseum Mountain and 5 @.@ 3 km ( 3 @.@ 3 mi ) south @-@ southeast of Mount Pinchot . Virginia Best Adams later arranged for park ranger Randy <unk> to scatter Wright 's ashes on the slopes of Mount Cedric Wright . In 1976 , Ansel Adams and the Sierra Club arranged for Wright 's personal papers to be donated to the Bancroft Library at the University of California , Berkeley . 
