Mount Mills | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 13,457 ft (4,102 m) NAVD 88 [1] |
Prominence | 451 ft (137 m) [1] |
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Coordinates | 37°23′38″N118°47′27″W / 37.3938241°N 118.7909546°W [5] |
Geography | |
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Parent range | Sierra Nevada |
Topo map | USGS Mount Abbot |
Climbing | |
First ascent | August 1921 by Norman Clyde [6] |
Easiest route | Exposed scramble, class 3 [6] |
Mount Mills is a Thirteener and California 4000 meter peak, on the Sierra Crest, north of Mount Abbot and south of Mono Pass in the Sierra Nevada.
The mountain is located within the John Muir Wilderness area. The 13,457 feet (4,102 m) summit marks the boundary between northwestern Inyo County and eastern Fresno County.
The Mono Recesses are to the west of Mount Mills.
The mountain is named in honor of Darius Ogden Mills, a banker who founded the city of Millbrae, California and the Carson and Colorado Railroad. The name appeared on the first edition of the Mt Goddard topographic map in 1912. [7]
Mount Muir is a peak in the Sierra Nevada of California, 0.95 miles (1.5 km) south of Mount Whitney. This 14,018-foot (4,273 m) peak is named in honor of John Muir, a geologist, conservationist and founder of the Sierra Club. The southernmost section of the John Muir Trail contours along the west side of Mount Muir near its summit and ends on the summit of Mount Whitney.
Mount Williamson, at an elevation of 14,379 feet (4,383 m), is the second-highest mountain in both the Sierra Nevada range and the state of California, and the sixth-highest peak in the contiguous United States.
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