Red and White Mountain

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Red and White Mountain
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South aspect
Highest point
Elevation 12,816 ft (3,906 m) [1]
Prominence 936 ft (285 m) [1]
Parent peak Red Slate Mountain (13,163 ft) [2]
Isolation 2.03 mi (3.27 km) [2]
Listing Sierra Peaks Section
Coordinates 37°28′48″N118°51′26″W / 37.4798915°N 118.8572694°W / 37.4798915; -118.8572694 [3]
Geography
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Red and White Mountain
Location in California
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Red and White Mountain
Red and White Mountain (the United States)
Location Fresno County / Mono County
California, U.S.
Parent range Sierra Nevada [1]
Topo map USGS Mount Abbot
Geology
Rock type(s) granite, slate
Climbing
First ascent 1902 [4]
Easiest route class 2 [2] Southwest Face

Red and White Mountain is a remote 12,816-foot-elevation (3,906-meter) mountain summit located on the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in northern California, United States. [3] It is situated in the John Muir Wilderness on the shared boundary of Sierra National Forest with Inyo National Forest, and along the common border of Fresno County with Mono County. It is eight miles northeast of Lake Thomas A Edison, and approximately 13 miles (21 km) southeast of the community of Mammoth Lakes. The nearest higher neighbor is Red Slate Mountain, 2 miles (3.2 km) to the north-northwest. [1]

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History

This mountain's descriptive name was applied by Theodore S. Solomons in 1894. [5] It refers to the red slate and white granite that it is composed of. The first ascent of the summit was made July 18, 1902, by James S. Hutchinson, his brother Lincoln Hutchinson, and Charles A. Noble via the West Ridge. [5] Norman Clyde first climbed the class 3 Northeast Ridge on July 3, 1928. [6]

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Red and White Mountain 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). This climate supports a permanent ice field on the north slope. Precipitation runoff from the northwest side of this mountain drains into Red and White Lake thence Fish Creek, from the northeast side into Big McGee Lake and headwaters of McGee Creek, and from the south aspect into Grinnell Lake, thence Laurel Creek.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Red and White Mountain, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Red and White Mountain - 12,816' CA". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Red and White Mountain". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  4. ↑ Steve Roper, The Climber's Guide to the High Sierra, 1976, Sierra Club Books, ISBN   9780871561473, page 340.
  5. 1 2 Francis P. Farquhar, Place Names of the High Sierra (1926)
  6. ↑ R. J. Secor, The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, Trails, 2009, Third Edition, Mountaineers Books, ISBN   9781594857386, page 361.
  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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