False White Mountain

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False White Mountain
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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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False White Mountain
False White Mountain
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False White Mountain
False White Mountain (the United States)
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]

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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 ]

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