Junction Peak

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Junction Peak
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"Junction Peak" by Ansel Adams, circa 1930s.
Highest point
Elevation 13,894 ft (4,235 m) NAVD 88 [1]
Prominence 765 ft (233 m) [1]
Parent peak Mount Stanford [2]
Listing
Coordinates 36°41′24″N118°21′56″W / 36.689935°N 118.3656507°W / 36.689935; -118.3656507 [5]
Geography
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Junction Peak
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Junction Peak
Location
Parent range Sierra Nevada
Topo map USGS Mount Williamson [5]
Climbing
First ascent August 8, 1899 by Edwin Bingham Copeland, Ernest Norton Henderson  [ d ] and Maxwell Adams  [ d ] [6] [7]
Easiest route South Face, South Ridge or West Ridge (all class 3 scrambles) [6]

Junction Peak is a thirteener in the Sierra Nevada. Joseph Nisbet LeConte chose this name in 1896, noting that it marks the point where the Sierra Crest crosses the water divide of the Kern and Kings rivers. [8] Today it also is the boundary between Inyo and Tulare counties, and of Kings Canyon National Park, Sequoia National Park and the John Muir Wilderness. [1]

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Botanist Edwin Bingham Copeland and Chico Normal School colleagues Ernest Norton Henderson  [ d ] and Maxwell Adams  [ d ] made the first recorded ascent of Junction Peak on August 8, 1899. [6] [7] They are credited with pioneering the class 3 South Ridge route from Diamond Mesa to the summit. Over the course of nearly a century, several more class 3 and 4 routes were established. The first winter climb was made by the West Ridge, culminating on March 21, 1973. The first technical climb recorded on Junction was the grade III 5.7 North Buttress route. [6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Junction Peak, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved January 19, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Forester Pass". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved January 19, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club . Retrieved January 19, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Western States Climbers Qualifying Peak List". Climber.org. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Junction Peak". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved January 19, 2009.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Secor, R.J. (2009). The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails (3rd ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers. p. 147. ISBN   978-0898869712.
  7. 1 2 "Dr. Jordan's Trip". Visalia Morning Delta. Vol. 16, no. 8. Visalia, California. August 30, 1899. p. 1. Retrieved December 5, 2025.
  8. ↑ Farquhar, Francis P. (1926). Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club . Retrieved January 19, 2009.
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