Mount Clark (California)

Mount Clark
Mount Clark
	West face from Glacier Point Road, January 2008.
Highest point
Elevation	11,527 ft (3,513 m) NAVD 88
Prominence	722 ft (220 m)
Parent peak	Chip Peak
Listing	SPS Mountaineers peak; Western States Climbers Star peak;
Coordinates	37°41′47″N 119°25′43″W / 37.6963183°N 119.4284859°WCoordinates: 37°41′47″N 119°25′43″W / 37.6963183°N 119.4284859°W
Geography
Location	Yosemite National Park; Mariposa County, California, U.S.
Parent range	Clark Range, Sierra Nevada
Topo map	USGS Merced Peak
Climbing
First ascent	1866 by Clarence King and James T. Gardiner
Easiest route	Rock climb, class 4

Mount Clark is a 11,527-foot (3,513 m) granite peak in the Clark Range, a sub-range of the Sierra Nevada. It is a popular destination for mountaineers.

Both the mountain and the range are named in honor of Galen Clark, an early explorer and the first guardian of Yosemite National Park.^[8] Before it received its present name, it was known as Gothic Peak and then The Obelisk, the name used by the Whitney Survey.^[9] Obelisk Lake, at 9,853 feet (3,003 m) lies on the mountain's northeast flank.

Aerial view from the southwest

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Mount Clark". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
^ "Mount Clark". ListsOfJohn.com. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
^ "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
^ "Western States Climbers Qualifying Peak List". Climber.org. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
^ "Mount Clark". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
^ Farquhar, Francis P. (1926). Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club.
^ Secor, R.J. (2009). The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails (3rd ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers. pp. 409–411. ISBN 978-0898869712.
^ Browning, Peter (2005). Yosemite Place Names: The Historic Background of Geographic Names in Yosemite National Park. Great West Books. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-944220-19-1.
^ Browning, Peter (1986). Place Names of the Sierra Nevada. Berkeley: Wilderness Press. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-89997-119-3.

External links[]

"Mount Clark". SummitPost.org.
"Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada by Clarence King, Chapter IX - Merced Ramblings 1866". Yosemite Online Library.

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[pb-1] "Mount Clark". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2011-05-05.

[loj-2] "Mount Clark". ListsOfJohn.com. Retrieved 2011-05-31.

[sps-3] "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved 2009-08-09.

[wsc-4] "Western States Climbers Qualifying Peak List". Climber.org. Retrieved 2016-03-27.

[gnis-5] "Mount Clark". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-08-09.

[Farquhar-6] Farquhar, Francis P. (1926). Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club.

[Secor-7] Secor, R.J. (2009). The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails (3rd ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers. pp. 409–411. ISBN 978-0898869712.

[8] Browning, Peter (2005). Yosemite Place Names: The Historic Background of Geographic Names in Yosemite National Park. Great West Books. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-944220-19-1.

[9] Browning, Peter (1986). Place Names of the Sierra Nevada. Berkeley: Wilderness Press. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-89997-119-3.

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