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Mount McDuffie is a 13,291-foot-elevation (4,051-meter) mountain summit located west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Fresno County of central California, United States. [1] This peak is situated in northern Kings Canyon National Park , 1.9 miles (3.1 km) northwest of The Citadel , and two miles south of Black Giant , which ...
Black Giant is a 13,330-foot-elevation (4,060-meter) mountain summit located west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Fresno County of central California, United States. [3] Black Giant ranks as the 86th highest summit in California. [ 2 ]
The Hermit is a 12,328-foot-elevation (3,758-meter) mountain summit located west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Fresno County of central California, United States. [3] It is situated in northern Kings Canyon National Park, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east of Emerald Peak, and 2.5 miles (4.0 km) west of Mount Darwin.
Of the most prominent summits of California, only Mount Whitney exceeds 3000 meters (9843 feet) of topographic prominence. Five peaks exceed 2000 meters (6562 feet), nine peaks are ultra-prominent summits with more than 1500 meters (4921 feet), and 35 peaks exceed 1000 meters (3281 feet) of topographic prominence.
Warren Harding (June 18, 1924 – February 27, 2002) was one of the most accomplished and influential American big wall climbers and aid climbers of the 1950s to 1970s. He was the leader of the first team to climb El Capitan, Yosemite Valley, in 1958.
The notable first ascents that set a new highest-grade prior to The Face were traditional climbing routes: . 8a (5.13b) [m]. Grand Illusion – Sugar Loaf, Lake Tahoe, CA – 1979 – First-ever consensus 8a (5.13b) in history, by Tony Yaniro.
Mount Whitney is the highest summit of the Sierra Nevada, the State of California, and the contiguous United States.. This is a complete list of the 12 summits with elevation higher than 14,000 feet (4,267 m) in the U.S. state of California, with at least 300 feet (91.44 meters) of topographic prominence.
Fresno and Inyo counties, California: Country: United States of America: State: California: County: Fresno: Parent range: Sierra Nevada, Evolution region: Topo map: USGS Mount Darwin: Climbing; First ascent: 1908 by Ernest Clayton Andrews and Willard D. Johnson [5] Easiest route: West Face, exposed scramble, class 3 with summit block class 4 [2]