Mount Perkins (California)

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Mount Perkins
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West aspect
Highest point
Elevation 12,572 ft (3,832 m)  NAVD 88 [1]
Prominence 329 ft (100 m) [1]
Parent peak Mount Wynne (13,179 ft) [1]
Isolation 0.88 mi (1.42 km) [2]
Listing
Coordinates 36°55′38″N118°22′53″W / 36.9271662°N 118.3814360°W / 36.9271662; -118.3814360 [4]
Naming
Etymology George Clement Perkins
Geography
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Mount Perkins
Location in California
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Mount Perkins
Mount Perkins (the United States)
Location
Parent range Sierra Nevada
Topo map USGS Mount Pinchot
Climbing
First ascent 1910 by Dave King [5]
Easiest route class 2 [5]

Mount Perkins is a 12,566-foot-elevation (3,830-meter) mountain summit located on the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in northern California. [4] It is situated on the common border of Fresno County with Inyo County, as well as the boundary between John Muir Wilderness and Kings Canyon National Park. It is 13.5 miles (21.7 km) northwest of the community of Independence, 1.65 miles (2.66 km) north of Mount Cedric Wright, 2.2 miles (3.5 km) east of Crater Mountain, and 1.4 miles (2.3 km) southeast of Mount Wynne. Climbing routes to the summit include the west slope, and the north and south ridges. The John Muir Trail traverses below the west base of the peak on its descent south from Pinchot Pass, providing an approach to the mountain.

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History

This mountain was named by Sierra Club member Robert D. Pike in 1906 in honor of George Clement Perkins (1839–1923), a Sierra Club charter member, 14th Governor of California (1880–1883), and United States Senator from California (1893–1915). [6] The first ascent of the summit was made in 1910 by Dave King. [5]

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Perkins has an alpine climate. [7] 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). Precipitation runoff from this mountain drains west into headwaters of the South Fork Kings River, and east to the Owens Valley via Armstrong Canyon.[ citation needed ]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mount Perkins, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Perkins, Mount CA". ListsOfJohn.com. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Vagmarken Sierra Crest List". Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club . Retrieved December 1, 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Mount Perkins". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved April 29, 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 Secor, R.J. (1992). The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails (1st ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers. p. 132. ISBN   978-0898863130.
  6. ↑ Farquhar, Francis P. (1926). Place Names of the High Sierra.
  7. ↑ 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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