Mount McAdie

Mount McAdie
Mount McAdie

Highest point
Elevation 13,805 ft (4,208 m)  NAVD 88[1]
Prominence 479 ft (146 m) [1]
Parent peak Mount Whitney[2]
Listing
  • SPS Mountaineers peak[3]
  • Western States Climbers Star peak[4]
Coordinates 36°33′02″N 118°16′36″W / 36.5504909°N 118.2767566°W / 36.5504909; -118.2767566Coordinates: 36°33′02″N 118°16′36″W / 36.5504909°N 118.2767566°W / 36.5504909; -118.2767566 [5]
Geography
Location Inyo and Tulare counties, California, U.S.
Parent range Sierra Nevada
Topo map USGS Mount Whitney
Climbing
First ascent 1922 by Norman Clyde[6]
Easiest route Exposed scramble, class 3

Mount McAdie is summit on the crest of the Sierra Nevada and is located 2.1 miles (3.4 km) south of Mount Whitney. It has three summits with the north peak being the highest. The summit ridge marks the boundary between Sequoia National Park and the John Muir Wilderness. It is also on the boundary between Inyo and Tulare counties. Lone Pine, 12.4 miles (20.0 km) to the northeast, is in the Owens Valley on U.S. 395.

In 1905, the mountain was named in honor of Alexander G. McAdie by James E. Church. McAdie ran the U.S. Weather Bureau in San Francisco at the time,[7] and had visited the summit of Mount Whitney in 1903.[8] The name first appeared on a map in 1956 with the publication of the USGS, 15 minute, Mount Whitney Quadrangle topographic map.[7]

The north summit can be reached from Arc Pass and was first climbed by Norman Clyde in 1922. The west face was first climbed in 1954 and is a class 4 ascent.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Mount McAdie". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
  2. ↑ "Whitney Pass". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
  3. ↑ "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
  4. ↑ "Western States Climbers List". Climber.org. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  5. ↑ "Mount McAdie". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  6. 1 2 Secor, R.J. (2009). The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails (3rd ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers. pp. 61–62. ISBN 9780898869712.
  7. 1 2 Browning, Peter (1986). Place Names of the Sierra Nevada. Berkeley: Wilderness Press. pp. 140–141. ISBN 0-89997-119-9.
  8. ↑ Farquhar, Francis P (1965). History of the High Sierra. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 182. ISBN 0-520-01551-7.
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