Gaylor Peak
Gaylor Peak | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 11,004 ft (3,354 m)[1] |
Prominence | 484 ft (148 m)[2] |
Parent peak | False White Mountain (12,002 ft)[3] |
Isolation | 1.95 mi (3.14 km)[3] |
Listing | Vagmarken Club Sierra Crest List[4] |
Coordinates | 37°55′09″N 119°15′56″W / 37.9190971°N 119.2655456°W[5] |
Naming | |
Etymology | Andrew Jack Gaylor |
Geography | |
Location | class 2[3] |
Gaylor Peak is an 11,004-foot-elevation (3,354 meter) mountain
History
This mountain's toponym was officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names to honor Andrew Jack Gaylor (1846–1921), one of Yosemite's first park rangers.[5] He died of a heart attack on April 19, 1921, while on patrol in the park, having worked 14 years for the National Park Service.[8] Before this landform's name was adopted, early prospectors called the peak "Tioga Hill."[9] The Great Sierra Mine Historic Site is located one-half mile north of the peak.
Climate
Gaylor Peak is located in an alpine climate zone.[10] 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 moisture in the form of rain or snowfall to drop onto the range. Precipitation runoff from this mountain drains west into Gaylor Lakes thence Dana Fork Tuolumne River, and east to Tioga Lake thence Lee Vining Creek and ultimately Mono Lake.
Gallery
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Gaylor Peak framed, from Great Sierra Mine Historic Site
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Looking northwest at Gaylor Peak (reddish top) with parent False White Mountain behind. Yosemite's Tioga Pass Entrance Station is visible on the road.
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Mount Dana (left), Kuna Crest (centered in the distance), and Gaylor Peak (right) seen from Tioga Lake.
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Summit panorama
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Gaylor Peak seen from Mount Dana
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Andrew "Jack" Gaylor, circa 1881
See also
References
- ISBN 9781594857386.
- ^ "Gaylor Peak, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
- ^ a b c "Gaylor Peak - 11,004' CA". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
- ^ "Vagmarken Sierra Crest List". Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
- ^ a b c "Gaylor Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
- ISBN 9780898868678, p.170
- ISBN 9780898868678, p. 170
- ^ Park Ranger Andrew Jack Gaylor, odmp.org
- ISBN 9781493036455, page 106.
- ^ "Climate of the Sierra Nevada". Encyclopædia Britannica.
External links
- Weather forecast: Gaylor Peak
- Yosemite's First Rangers (photo): Flickr
- Jack Gaylor: obituary