Mount Powell (California)

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Coordinates: 37°08′19″N 118°38′02″W / 37.1386737°N 118.6340226°W / 37.1386737; -118.6340226
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Mount Powell
From southwest near Muir Pass.
Points John & Wesley centered
Highest point
Elevation13,364 ft (4,073 m)[1]
Prominence324 ft (99 m)[1]
Parent peakMount Thompson (13,494 ft)[1]
Isolation1.13 mi (1.82 km)[1]
ListingWestern States Climbers[2]
Coordinates37°08′19″N 118°38′02″W / 37.1386737°N 118.6340226°W / 37.1386737; -118.6340226[3]
Naming
EtymologyJohn Wesley Powell
Geography
Mount Powell is located in California
Mount Powell
Mount Powell
Location in California
Mount Powell is located in the United States
Mount Powell
Mount Powell
Mount Powell (the United States)
Location
class 3 scrambling[4]

Mount Powell is a 13,364-foot-elevation (4,073 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 19 miles (31 km) west of the community of Big Pine, and 1.17 miles (1.88 km) west of Mount Thompson, which is the nearest higher neighbor.[1] Mount Powell ranks as the 81st highest peak in California,[4] and the 10th highest of the Evolution Region of the Sierra Nevada.[1] The west summit is unofficially known as "Point John."[5] Two other peaks on the mountain are informally called "Point Wesley" (13,356 ft) in the middle,[6] and "Point Powell" (13,360+ ft) one-half mile to the east.[7]

History

This mountain was named in 1911 by Robert B. Marshall, chief USGS geographer, to commemorate

U.S. Board on Geographic Names revised the location of the summit from Point Wesley to Point John.[3]

Climbing

Established climbing routes on Mount Powell:[10]

  • South plateau –
    class 3
    – 1925 by Walter L. Huber, James Rennie
  • Northwest chute – class 3 – June 29, 1931 by Norman Clyde
  • East ridge – class 3 – Norman Clyde
  • North-northwest face – class 3 – August 27, 1967 by Andy Smatko + 17 others[11]

Climate

According to the

snowfall onto the range (orographic lift). Precipitation runoff from this mountain drains south into the Middle Fork Kings River, and north into Bishop Creek. Maps from the 1980s show Powell Glacier drawn on the north aspect of the mountain, however satellite images show that the glacier has since disappeared, a result of climate change
.

See also

  • List of the major 4000-meter summits of California

References

Mt. Powell centered, SW aspect from JMT
  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Mount Powell, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  2. ^ "Western States Climbers Qualifying Peak List". Climber.org. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  3. ^ a b c d "Mount Powell". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  4. ^ a b "Powell, Mount - 13,364' CA". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  5. ISBN 9781594857386
    , page 290.
  6. ^ "Point Wesley, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  7. ^ "Point Powell, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  8. ^ Francis P. Farquhar, Place Names of the High Sierra (1926)
  9. ^ Alan M. Hedden and David R. Brower, A Climber’s Guide to the High Sierra (1954)
  10. ^ Alan M. Hedden and David R. Brower, A Climber’s Guide to the High Sierra (1954)
  11. ISBN 9781594857386
    , page 290.
  12. ISSN 1027-5606
    .

External links

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