False White Mountain

False White Mountain
False White Mountain (left) and White Mountain (right) from the northeast
Highest point
Elevation	12,002 ft (3,658 m) NAVD 88 [1]
Prominence	482 ft (147 m)
Coordinates	37°56′N119°18′W / 37.933°N 119.300°W / 37.933; -119.300 [1]
Geography
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Location	Yosemite National Park Tuolumne County, California, U.S.
Parent range	Sierra Nevada
Climbing
Easiest route	class 2 to class 3 [2]

False White Mountain is a mountain, in the northern part of Yosemite National Park. It is the 24th highest mountain, in Yosemite National Park. ^[3] False White Mountain can be climbed, as a day hike, from Tioga Pass. ^[2]

False White Mountain is near Mount Conness, Tioga Peak, Mount Dana, and Lembert Dome, thus is in the Tuolumne Meadows area. ^[4]

Of importance, False White Mountain has been often confused with White Mountain, thus the "false" reference. ^[2]

There have been proposals, to re-name False White Mountain, as Peak 12,002, Sharsmith Peak, False White, and False White Mountain Peak. ^[5]

Climate

False White Mountain is located in an alpine climate zone. ^[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 (orographic lift), causing moisture in the form of rain or snowfall to drop onto the range.^{[ citation needed ]}

See also

• Mountainsportal
• Geology of the Yosemite area

Gallery

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  Northeast aspect
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  Southeast aspect of False White Mountain and Granite Lakes seen from Gaylor Peak
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  East aspect

References

1. "False White Mountain, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
2. Noondueler. "False White Mountain". summitpost.org. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
3. Kelliher, Mat. "Yosemite NP Peaks". peakbagger.com. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
4. "Big Oak Flat-groveland Unified, CA" . Retrieved March 18, 2019.
5. "A proposal to formally name SHARSMITH PEAK in Yosemite National Park/Inyo National Forest for Ranger-Naturalist Dr. CARL W. SHARSMITH (1903-1994)". name4carl.org. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
6. "Climate of the Sierra Nevada". Encyclopædia Britannica .