Mount Gayley

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Mount Gayley
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Southwest aspect
Highest point
Elevation 13,516 ft (4,120 m) [1]
Prominence 430 ft (130 m) [1]
Parent peak Mount Sill [2]
Coordinates 37°06′11″N118°29′59″W / 37.1030007°N 118.4998074°W / 37.1030007; -118.4998074 [3]
Naming
Etymology Charles Mills Gayley
Geography
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Mount Gayley
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Mount Gayley
CountryUnited States
State California
County Inyo
Protected area John Muir Wilderness
Parent range Sierra Nevada [1]
Topo map USGS Split Mountain
Climbing
First ascent 1927 by Norman Clyde [4]
Easiest route Exposed scramble, class 3 [2]

Mount Gayley is a 13,510-foot-elevation (4,120-meter) mountain summit located one mile east of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Inyo County, California, United States. [3] It is situated in the Palisades area of the John Muir Wilderness, on land managed by Inyo National Forest. It is approximately 13 miles (21 km) west-southwest of the community of Big Pine, 0.67 miles (1.08 km) southwest of Temple Crag, and 0.5 miles (0.80 km) north-northeast of parent Mount Sill. Mount Gayley ranks as the 59th highest summit in California. [2]

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History

The name commemorates Charles Mills Gayley (1858–1932), beloved English professor and Academic Dean of the University of California, Berkeley. [5] This mountain's name was officially adopted prior to 1939 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names based on a recommendation by the Sierra Club. [6] Mount Sill and nearby Mount Jepson were also named for University of California professors. The first ascent of the summit was made June 10, 1927, by Norman Clyde, who is credited with 130 first ascents, most of which were in the Sierra Nevada. [7]

Climbing

Established climbing routes on Mount Gayley: [8]

Access from Big Pine: Glacier Lodge Road, North Fork Big Pine Creek Trail, then Glacier Trail.

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Gayley is located in an alpine climate zone. [9] 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). This climate supports the Palisade Glacier below the west slope. Precipitation runoff from this mountain drains into Big Pine Creek.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mount Gayley, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Gayley, Mount". ListsOfJohn.com.
  3. 1 2 "Mount Gayley". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved April 18, 2021.
  4. ↑ Secor, R.J. (1992). The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails (1st ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers. p. 187. ISBN   978-0898863130.
  5. ↑ Erwin Gustav Gudde, William Bright, California Place Names: The Origin and Etymology of Current Geographical Names, 1998, University of California Press, ISBN   9780520213166, page 142.
  6. ↑ Ann Lage, Chronicle of the University of California, 2000, page 96.
  7. ↑ Norman Clyde - Mountaineer, Owensvalleyhistory.com
  8. ↑ Alan M. Hedden and David R. Brower, A Climber's Guide to the High Sierra (1954)
  9. ↑ 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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