Mount Prater

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Mount Prater
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Southwest aspect
Highest point
Elevation 13,471 ft (4,106 m) [1] [2]
Prominence 85 ft (26 m) [2]
Parent peak Mount Bolton Brown (13,491 ft) [3]
Isolation 0.74 mi (1.19 km) [3]
Listing Sierra Peaks Section
Vagmarken Club Sierra Crest List [4]
Coordinates 37°02′12″N118°26′05″W / 37.0367929°N 118.4347054°W / 37.0367929; -118.4347054 [5]
Naming
Etymology Alfred William Prater
Geography
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Mount Prater
Location in California
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Mount Prater
Mount Prater (the United States)
Location Kings Canyon National Park
Fresno / Inyo Counties
California, U.S.
Parent range Sierra Nevada
Topo map USGS Split Mountain
Geology
Rock age Cretaceous
Mountain type Fault block
Rock type Granodiorite
Climbing
First ascent 1928
Easiest route class 2 Southeast ridge [1]

Mount Prater is a 13,471-foot-elevation (4,106-meter) mountain summit located on the shared border of Fresno County and Inyo County in California, United States.

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Description

The peak is set on the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, just south of the Palisades area. It is also situated on the boundary shared by Kings Canyon National Park and John Muir Wilderness. Precipitation runoff from this mountain drains east to Tinemaha Reservoir via Tinemaha Creek, and south into headwaters of South Fork Kings River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 2,100 feet (640 meters) above Tinemaha Lake in one mile.

Climbing

The John Muir Trail, which passes below the western base of the peak, provides a climbing approach option. The first ascent of the summit was made in 1928 by Alfred William Prater and his wife. [5] The North Ridge was first climbed by Fred L. Jones on October 6, 1948. "Obvious Chute" was first climbed March 19, 1972, by Ed Treacy, Karl Bennett, Dave Gladstone, Dave King, Vi Grasso and Doug Mantle. [1] "Hidden Couloir" on the East Face was first climbed by Del Johns and Wayne N. Sawka in late September 1980. [6] Inclusion on the Sierra Peaks Section peakbagging list generates climbing interest in this peak.

Etymology

This landform's name commemorates Alfred William Prater (1902–1929), mathematics professor at University of California and the mountaineer who was first to climb this peak with his wife in the summer of 1928. [5] The toponym was officially adopted in 1930 by the United States Board on Geographic Names. [5]

Climate

Mount Prater is located in an alpine climate zone. [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 (orographic lift), causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall onto the range.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 R. J. Secor, The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, Trails, 2009, Third Edition, Mountaineers Books, ISBN   9781594857386, p. 224
  2. 1 2 "Mount Prater, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Prater, Mount - 13,471' CA". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Vagmarken Sierra Crest List". Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club . Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Mount Prater". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  6. ↑ Wayne N. Sawka (1982), North America, United States, California, Sierra Nevada, Mount Prater, Hidden Couloir, American Alpine Journal
  7. ↑ "Climate of the Sierra Nevada". Encyclopædia Britannica .
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