Mount Brewer

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Mount Brewer
Mount Brewer.jpg
Mount Brewer from East Lake
Highest point
Elevation 13,576 ft (4,138 m) NAVD 88 [1]
Prominence 1,168 ft (356 m) [1]
Parent peak Midway Mountain [2]
Listing
Coordinates 36°42′31″N118°29′07″W / 36.7085481°N 118.4853741°W / 36.7085481; -118.4853741 [5]
Geography
Mount Brewer
Location Tulare County, California, U.S.
Parent range Sierra Nevada, Great Western Divide
Topo map USGS Mount Brewer [1]
Climbing
First ascent July 2, 1864 by William H. Brewer and Charles F. Hoffmann [6]
Easiest route Easy scramble, class 2 [7]

Mount Brewer is on the Great Western Divide, a sub-range of the Sierra Nevada in California. It is located in Kings Canyon National Park, [8]

The peak was named for William Henry Brewer who worked on the first California Geological Survey and was the first Chair of Agriculture at Yale University's Sheffield Scientific School. He was chief of the field party that explored the central High Sierra in 1864. [6]

South Guard, Mt. Brewer (center) and North Guard (right), by Ansel Adams ca. 1936 "Mt. Brewer, Kings River Canyon (Proposed as a national park)," California, 1936., ca. 1936 - NARA - 519924.jpg
South Guard, Mt. Brewer (center) and North Guard (right), by Ansel Adams ca. 1936

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mount Brewer, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved December 21, 2008.
  2. ↑ "Longley Pass". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club . Retrieved December 29, 2008.
  4. ↑ "Western States Climbers Qualifying Peak List". Climber.org. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Mount Brewer". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved December 21, 2008.
  6. 1 2 Farquhar, Francis P. (1926). Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club.
  7. ↑ Roper, Steve (1976). The Climber's Guide to the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. p. 275. ISBN   978-0871561473.
  8. ↑ "Mount Brewer". Acme Mapper. Retrieved March 24, 2016.


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