Mount Izaak Walton

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Mount Izaak Walton
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North aspect
Highest point
Elevation 12,077 ft (3,681 m) [1] [2]
Prominence 477 ft (145 m) [2]
Parent peak Evon Benchmark (12,221 ft) [3]
Isolation 1.12 mi (1.80 km) [3]
Listing Sierra Peaks Section
Coordinates 37°28′12″N118°53′24″W / 37.4699661°N 118.8899224°W / 37.4699661; -118.8899224 [4]
Naming
Etymology Izaak Walton
Geography
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Mount Izaak Walton
Location in California
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Mount Izaak Walton
Mount Izaak Walton (the United States)
CountryUnited States
State California
County Fresno
Protected area John Muir Wilderness
Parent range Sierra Nevada [2]
Topo map USGS Graveyard Peak
Geology
Rock age Cretaceous
Mountain type Horn [5]
Rock type Granodiorite
Climbing
First ascent 1971 [6]
Easiest route class 2 Southwest slope [7]

Mount Izaak Walton is a 12,077-foot-elevation (3,681-meter) mountain summit located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Fresno County of northern California, United States. [4] It is situated in the John Muir Wilderness, on land managed by Sierra National Forest. Mount Izaak Walton ranks as the 404th-highest summit in California. [3] Topographic relief is significant as the northwest aspect rises 1,800 feet (550 meters) above Izaak Walton Lake in approximately one mile. It is six miles northeast of Lake Thomas A Edison, and approximately 14 miles (23 km) south-southeast of the community of Mammoth Lakes. The peak is set on Silver Divide, so precipitation runoff from the north side of this mountain drains into Fish Creek which is a tributary of the San Joaquin River, and from the south slope to Mono Creek, also a tributary of the San Joaquin.

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History

This mountain's toponym was proposed in 1919 by Francis P. Farquhar and officially adopted in 1926 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to honor Izaak Walton (1593–1683), an English writer best known as the author of The Compleat Angler . [8] [4] The connection being that the mountain is set at the head of Fish Creek and Izaak Walton was an avid fisherman.

The first ascent of the summit was made July 5, 1971, by Andy Smatko, Bill Schuler, and Ed Treacy. [7]

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Izaak Walton 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 (orographic lift), causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall onto the range.

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References

  1. ↑ Peter Browning, Place Names of the Sierra Nevada: From Abbot to Zumwalt, Wilderness Press, 1986, ISBN   9780899970479, page 108.
  2. 1 2 3 "Mount Izaak Walton, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 "Izaak Walton, Mount - 12,077' CA". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 "Mount Izaak Walton". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved May 20, 2022.
  5. ↑ Mary Hill (2006), Geology of the Sierra Nevada, Revised Edition, University of California Press, ISBN   9780520936942, p. 296
  6. ↑ Steve Roper, The Climber's Guide to the High Sierra, 1976, Sierra Club Books, ISBN   9780871561473, page 340.
  7. 1 2 R. J. Secor, The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, Trails, 2009, Third Edition, Mountaineers Books, ISBN   9781594857386, p. 362
  8. ↑ Francis P. Farquhar, Place Names of the High Sierra (1926)
  9. ↑ "Climate of the Sierra Nevada". Encyclopædia Britannica .
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