Mount Emerson (California)

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Mount Emerson
Mount Emerson Summit Ridge.JPG
Mount Emerson Summit Ridge
Highest point
Elevation13,210 ft (4,026 m)[1]
Prominence724 ft (221 m)[1]
Listing
  • Sierra Club Sierra Peaks Section[2]
  • Western States Climbers peak[3]
Coordinates37°14′41″N 118°39′35″W / 37.2447003°N 118.6597284°W / 37.2447003; -118.6597284Coordinates: 37°14′41″N 118°39′35″W / 37.2447003°N 118.6597284°W / 37.2447003; -118.6597284[4]
Geography
Location
Parent rangeSierra Nevada
Topo mapUSGS Mount Darwin
Climbing
First ascentJuly 1, 1926 by Norman Clyde[5]
Easiest routeExposed scramble (class 3)[6]

Mount Emerson is located in the Sierra Nevada in Inyo County in eastern California, United States.[1] Mount Emerson is the 116th highest mountain in California and the 671st highest mountain in the United States.[7]

History[]

Mount Emerson is named in honor of the essayist, poet and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson. John Muir wrote in a letter to Mrs. Ezra S. Carr that "I have named a grand wide-winged mountain on the head of the Joaquin Mount Emerson. Its head is high above its fellows and wings are white with ice and snow."[8] It has been suggested that Muir might have intended to confer the poet's name on Mount Humphreys which had already been named by the Whitney Survey.[9]

Mount Emerson viewed from the east
Mt. Emerson from northeast

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Mount Emerson, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
  2. ^ "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  3. ^ "Western States Climbers Qualifying Peak List". Climber.org. Retrieved 2021-11-25.
  4. ^ "Mount Emerson". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  5. ^ Roper, Steve (1976). The Climber's Guide to the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. p. 243. ISBN 978-0871561473.
  6. ^ Secor, R.J. (2009). The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails (3rd ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers. ISBN 978-0898869712.
  7. ^ "Mount Emerson". The Peakery. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
  8. ^ Badè, William Frederic. "The Life and Letters of John Muir". Sierra Club. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
  9. ^ Browning, Peter. Place Names of the Sierra Nevada. p. 65. ISBN 089997-047-8.

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