Mount Young (California)
Mount Young | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 13,176 ft (4,016 m)[1] |
Prominence | 381 ft (116 m)[1] |
Parent peak | Mount Hale (13,494 ft)[2] |
Isolation | 0.86 mi (1.38 km)[2] |
Listing | Sierra Peaks Section |
Coordinates | 36°34′52″N 118°19′39″W / 36.5810416°N 118.3276232°W[3] |
Naming | |
Etymology | Charles Augustus Young |
Geography | |
Location | class 2 South slope[5] |
Mount Young is a 13,176-foot-elevation (4,016-meter) mountain summit located west of the crest of the
Topographic relief is significant as the southwest aspect rises 2,300 feet (700 meters) above Whitney Creek in approximately one mile. Mt. Young ranks as the 117th highest summit in California.[2]
History
In 1881, Rev. Frederick H. Wales of
U.S. Board on Geographic Names to honor the eminent American astronomer Charles Augustus Young (1834–1908).[3] Young was teaching at Dartmouth College while Wales was a Dartmouth student (1872 graduate). The first ascent of the summit was made September 7, 1881, by Frederick H. Wales, William B. Wallace, and Captain James Wright.[8] During the same month, Wales also made the first ascent of Mount Hitchcock and Mount Kaweah
.
Climate
According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Young has an alpine climate.[9] 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 Wallace and Whitney Creeks.
See also
References
- ^ a b "Mount Young, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
- ^ a b c "Young, Mount - 13,175' CA". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
- ^ a b c "Mount Young". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
- ^ Francis P. Farquhar, Place Names of the High Sierra (1926)
- ^ John D. and Ruth Mendenhall, Arthur B. Johnson, Braeme Gigas, Howard Koster, A Climber’s Guide to the High Sierra, (1954)
- ^ Francis P. Farquhar, Place Names of the High Sierra (1926)
- ^ "Wales Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
- ISBN 9781594857386.
- ISSN 1027-5606.
External links
- Weather forecast: Mount Young