Hurd Peak

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Hurd Peak
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North aspect, from South Lake
Highest point
Elevation 12,237 ft (3,730 m) NAVD 88 [1]
Prominence 477 ft (145 m) [1]
Parent peak Mount Goode (13,085 ft) [2]
Isolation 1.23 mi (1.98 km) [2]
Coordinates 37°08′27″N118°33′58″W / 37.1408984°N 118.5660725°W / 37.1408984; -118.5660725 [3]
Naming
Etymology H.C. Hurd [4]
Geography
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Hurd Peak
Location in California
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Hurd Peak
Hurd Peak (the United States)
CountryUnited States
State California
County Inyo
Protected area John Muir Wilderness
Parent range Sierra Nevada
Topo map USGS Mount Thompson
Climbing
First ascent 1906 by H.C. Hurd [4]
Easiest route Exposed scramble, class 3 [4]

Hurd Peak is a 12,237-foot-elevation (3,730-meter) mountain summit located one mile east of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Inyo County of northern California, United States. [3] Surrounded by lakes, it is situated in the John Muir Wilderness, on land managed by Inyo National Forest. It is approximately 16 miles (26 km) west of the community of Big Pine, 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Picture Puzzle, and 1.23 miles (1.98 km) north of parent Mount Goode. Topographic relief is significant as the north aspect rises nearly 2,500 feet (760 meters) above South Lake in approximately one mile.

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Etymology

This mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1920 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names based on a recommendation by the Sierra Club. [3] It honors the memory of Hurd Clarence Hurd (April 16, 1870 – July 8, 1914), who made the first ascent in 1906 while connected with development work in the vicinity. [5] H. C. Hurd was a civil engineer who received his degree from Princeton University in 1893. He was elected as a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1913, but the following year met an untimely death by accidental drowning in Chesapeake Bay. [6]

Climbing

Established climbing routes on Hurd Peak: [7]

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Hurd Peak is located in an alpine climate zone. [8] 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 them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall onto the range (orographic lift). Precipitation runoff from this mountain drains into the South Fork of Bishop Creek.

References

  1. 1 2 "Hurd Peak, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Hurd Peak". ListsOfJohn.com. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 "Hurd Peak". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 Secor, R.J. (1992). The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails (1st ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers. p. 223. ISBN   978-0898863130.
  5. ↑ Alan M. Hedden and David R. Brower, A Climber's Guide to the High Sierra (1954)
  6. ↑ Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, 1915, page 1433.
  7. ↑ Hurd Peak, Mountainproject.com
  8. ↑ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN   1027-5606.
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