Mount Thompson (California)

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Mount Thompson
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North aspect, centered
Highest point
Elevation 13,494 ft (4,113 m) [1]
Prominence 1,054 ft (321 m) [1]
Parent peak Mount Fiske (13,503 ft) [2]
Isolation 3.02 mi (4.86 km) [2]
Listing Sierra Peaks Section
Coordinates 37°08′34″N118°36′49″W / 37.1428824°N 118.6136118°W / 37.1428824; -118.6136118 [3]
Naming
Etymology Almon Harris Thompson
Geography
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Mount Thompson
Location in California
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Mount Thompson
Mount Thompson (the United States)
Location Kings Canyon National Park
Fresno County / Inyo County
California, U.S.
Parent range Sierra Nevada [1]
Topo map USGS Mount Thompson
Geology
Rock type granite
Climbing
First ascent 1909
Easiest route class 2 [2]

Mount Thompson is a 13,494-foot-elevation (4,113-meter) mountain summit located on the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California, United States. [3] It is situated on the shared boundary of Kings Canyon National Park with John Muir Wilderness, and along the common border of Fresno County with Inyo County. It is also 18 miles (29 km) west of the community of Big Pine, one mile northwest of Mount Gilbert, and three miles east of Mount Fiske, which is the nearest higher neighbor. Mount Thompson ranks as the 62nd-highest summit in California. [2] This mountain's name commemorates Almon Harris Thompson (1839–1906). [4] The first ascent of the peak was made by Clarence H. Rhudy and H. F. Katzenbach in the summer of 1909. [5]

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Climbing

Established climbing routes on Mount Thompson: [6]

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Thompson 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, causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall onto the range (orographic lift). Precipitation runoff from this mountain drains south into the Middle Fork Kings River, and north into Bishop Creek.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mount Thompson, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Thompson, Mount - 13,494' CA". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Mount Thompson". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  4. Francis P. Farquhar, Place Names of the High Sierra (1926)
  5. Sierra Club Bulletin, 1919, page 440.
  6. R. J. Secor, The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, Trails, 2009, Third Edition, Mountaineers Books, ISBN   9780898869712, page 287.
  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.