Mount Pickering
| Mount Pickering | |
|---|---|
 East aspect, from Mount Langley | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 13,474 ft (4,107 m)[1] |
| Prominence | 547 ft (167 m)[1] |
| Parent peak | Mount McAdie (13,799 ft)[2] |
| Isolation | 1.88 mi (3.03 km)[2] |
| Listing | Sierra Peaks Section |
| Coordinates | 36°31′38″N 118°17′27″W / 36.5272735°N 118.2908888°W[3] |
| Naming | |
| Etymology | Edward Charles Pickering |
| Geography | |
  Mount Pickering Location in California  Mount Pickering Mount Pickering (the United States) | |
| Location | class 2[4] Southeast arête |
Mount Pickering is a 13,474-foot-elevation (4,107 meter) mountain summit located just west of the crest of the
U.S. Board on Geographic Names to honor American astronomer Edward Charles Pickering (1846–1919).[3] The immediate area has other geographical features named for astronomers, including Mount Newcomb, Mount Langley, Mount Young, and Mount Hale. The first ascent of the summit was made July 16, 1936, by Chester Versteeg, Tyler Van Degrift, and Oliver Kehrlein.[5]
Climate
Mount Pickering has an alpine climate. 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 west to the Kern River via Rock Creek.
Gallery
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Joe Devel Peak (left) and Mt. Pickering (right) from the east. -
Joe Devel Peak (left), Mt. Pickering centered, Kaweah peaks centered in the distance, Mt. Newcomb (right), viewed from Mt. Langley. -
The top of Mount Pickering centered, as seen from Mount Whitney.
See also
- List of the major 4000-meter summits of California
References
- ^ a b "Mount Pickering, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
- ^ a b c "Pickering, Mount - 13,474' CA". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
- ^ a b c "Mount Pickering". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
- ISBN 9780871561473, page 322.
- ^ John D. and Ruth Mendenhall, Arthur B. Johnson, Braeme Gigas, Howard Koster, A Climber’s Guide to the High Sierra, (1954)
External links
- Weather forecast: Mount Pickering