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The Citadel is an 11,738-foot-elevation (3,578-meter) mountain summit located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Fresno County of central California, United States. [3] It is situated in northern Kings Canyon National Park, 20 miles (32 km) west-southwest of the community of Big Pine, and 2.4 miles (3.9 km) south of Langille Peak.
class 3 to 5 [2] Kearsarge Pinnacles is a linear series of 12 pillars and crags on a northwest–southeast trending ridge located one mile west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in the southeast corner of Fresno County , in northern California . [ 3 ]
Along with El Capitan and Half Dome, Mount Watkins is one of the three main big walls in Yosemite for rock climbing. [10] Rock climbing routes: South Face - class 5.11 - First ascent July 1964 - Warren Harding, Chuck Pratt, Yvon Chouinard [11] [12] Teabag Wisdom - class 5.11 - FA 2016 - Vitaliy Musiyenko, Chris Koppl [13] The Twisted Road ...
The year following his first ascent, Chester Versteeg wrote in the Sierra Club Bulletin: "Alt. of this mountain is 13,527. It stands at the junction of the Sequoia, Sierra and Inyo Nat. Forests. We hereby name it 'Mt. Bolton Brown' in honor of Bolton C. Brown of the Sierra Club, who was the first to explore, map and write of the Upper Basin of ...
Middle Palisade is a 14,018-foot (4,273-meter) peak in the central Sierra Nevada mountain range in the U.S. state of California.It is a fourteener, and lies on the Sierra Crest as part of the Palisades group, a group of prominent Sierra Nevada mountain summits that includes multiple other fourteeners, approximately 12 miles (19 km) southwest of the town of Big Pine.
There are several class 3 and class 4 routes available, however, Mount Mendel is best known for having two of the hardest ice climbs in the High Sierra on its North Face. [7] Two of the documented ice climbs are "Ice Nine" (IV, class 5+, AI4 or WI5) and "The Mendel Couloir", (III class 5.6, AI2 or WI3). [5] See the article Grade (climbing).
Sawtooth Peak is a mountain rising to a height of 12,343 feet (3,762 m). [1] It is a landmark of the Mineral King region of the Sierra Nevada, in Sequoia National Park. In the past, it was known as Miner's Peak. [6] It contains a supply of gold and mercury. [citation needed]
Mount Agassiz, at 13,899 feet (4,236 m), is one of the 20 highest peaks of California.It is the northernmost and easiest to climb of the major Palisades summits. [6] This peak is not to be confused with the 9,967-foot (3,038 m) peak by the same name in Desolation Wilderness, also in the California Sierra.