Mount Cedric Wright

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Coordinates: 36°54′15″N 118°23′16″W / 36.9040503°N 118.3876615°W / 36.9040503; -118.3876615
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Mount Cedric Wright
North-northwest aspect, from Pinchot Pass
Highest point
Elevation12,372 ft (3,771 m)[1][2]
Prominence722 ft (220 m)[3]
Parent peakColosseum Mountain (12,473 ft)[4]
Isolation1.17 mi (1.88 km)[4]
Coordinates36°54′15″N 118°23′16″W / 36.9040503°N 118.3876615°W / 36.9040503; -118.3876615[1]
Naming
EtymologyGeorge Cedric Wright
Geography
Mount Cedric Wright is located in California
Mount Cedric Wright
Mount Cedric Wright
Location in California
Mount Cedric Wright is located in the United States
Mount Cedric Wright
Mount Cedric Wright
Mount Cedric Wright (the United States)
Location
class 2 hiking[3]

Mount Cedric Wright is a 12,372-foot-elevation (3,771-meter) mountain summit located one mile west of the crest of the

Topographic relief is significant as the west aspect rises nearly 2,000 feet (610 meters) above the surrounding terrain in approximately one mile. The John Muir Trail traverses below the west aspect of this remote peak. The first ascent was made August 25, 1935, by Norman Clyde.[5]

Etymology

The peak's name commemorates George Cedric Wright (1889–1959), an internationally known wilderness photographer of the Sierra Nevada, and Ansel Adams's mentor and close friend.[1] The mountain's name was officially adopted in 1961 by the United States Board on Geographic Names.[1] Park ranger Randy Morgenson scattered Wright's ashes on the slopes of his namesake mountain.[6]

Climate

According to the

snowfall onto the range (orographic lift). Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into Woods Creek, a tributary of the South Fork Kings River
.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Mount Cedric Wright". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2021-04-16.
  2. ISBN 9780871561473
    , page 254.
  3. ^ a b c "Mount Cedric Wright, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2021-04-16.
  4. ^ a b "Cedric Wright, Mount - 12,368' CA". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2021-04-16.
  5. ISBN 9780871561473
    , page 356.
  6. ISBN 978-0-06-058301-9
    .
  7. ISSN 1027-5606
    .

External links
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