Mount Gibbs
Mount Gibbs | |
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![]() West aspect, from Tuolumne Meadows | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 12,779 ft (3,895 m)NAVD 88[1] |
Prominence | 1,093 ft (333 m)[1] |
Parent peak | Mount Dana[2] |
Listing |
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Coordinates | 37°52′38″N119°12′43″W/ 37.8771495°N 119.2118164°W[5] |
Geography | |
Location | MonoandTuolumnecounties,California,U.S. |
Parent range | Sierra Nevada |
Topo map | USGSMount Dana |
Geology | |
Age of rock | Cretaceous |
Mountain type | Metamorphic rock |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1864 byFrederick Law OlmstedandWilliam Henry Breweron horseback[6] |
Easiest route | Cross-countryhike,class 1[6] |
Mount Gibbsis located in theSierra Nevadaof theU.S. stateofCalifornia,2.6 miles (4 km) south ofMount Dana.The mountain was named in honor ofOliver Gibbs,a professor atHarvard Universityand friend ofJosiah Whitney.[7]The summit marks the boundary betweenYosemite National Parkand theAnsel Adams Wilderness,and Mount Gibbs is the sixth-highest mountain, of Yosemite.[8][9]
The peak is accessible either from the west, starting atTioga Pass Road,or from the east, via Bloody Canyon from the trailhead at Walker Lake. Overnight camping is not permitted on the western side of the mountain, which is part of the protected watershed ofDana Meadowsand Tioga Pass. In the summer the mountain has only patchy snow, on the northern slope. The easiest ascent is via the ridge extending west from the peak; there is a steep section of loose, unstable rock, leading to the gentle ridge that forms the top of the mountain. Although the top is above the tree line, there is some sparse plant life, including wildflowers. The view ofMono Lakefrom the summit is partially obstructed by an outcropping to the northeast.
References
[edit]- ^ab"Mount Gibbs, California".Peakbagger.Retrieved2008-11-26.
- ^"Mount Gibbs".ListsOfJohn.Retrieved2011-06-15.
- ^"Sierra Peaks Section List"(PDF).Angeles Chapter,Sierra Club.Retrieved2009-08-10.
- ^"Western States Climbers Qualifying Peak List".Climber.org.Retrieved2016-03-27.
- ^"Mount Gibbs".Geographic Names Information System.United States Geological Survey,United States Department of the Interior.Retrieved2008-11-26.
- ^abSecor, R.J. (2009).The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails(3rd ed.). Seattle:The Mountaineers.p. 397.ISBN978-0898869712.
- ^Farquhar, Francis P.(1926).Place Names of the High Sierra.San Francisco:Sierra Club.Retrieved2008-11-26.
- ^Kelliher, Mat."Yosemite NP Peaks".peakbagger.Retrieved24 March2019.
- ^Mrchad9."Yosemite's Highest Peaks".summitpost.org.Retrieved24 March2019.
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External links
[edit]- "Mount Gibbs".SummitPost.org.