Tower Peak (California)
Tower Peak | |
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![]() ![]() Tower Peak Location in California | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 11,755 ft (3,583 m)[1] |
Prominence | 2,183 ft (665 m)[1] |
Isolation | 7.83 mi (12.60 km)[1] |
Listing | |
Coordinates | 38°08′40″N 119°32′52″W / 38.1444625°N 119.5477203°WCoordinates: 38°08′40″N 119°32′52″W / 38.1444625°N 119.5477203°W[5] |
Geography | |
Location | Mono and Tuolumne counties, California, U.S. |
Parent range | Sierra Nevada |
Topo map | USGS Tower Peak |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | Exposed scramble, class 3[6] |
Tower Peak is a mountain in the Sierra Nevada of Mono and Tuolumne County, California.
To the south of the summit is Yosemite National Park and to the north is the Hoover Wilderness. is to the west, and to the east. To the south are and . The next higher mountain is Eagle Peak, about 8 mi east-northeast.[1]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Leavitt_Meadow.jpg/400px-Leavitt_Meadow.jpg)
Tower Peak from Leavitt Meadow
Climate[]
Tower Peak is located in an alpine climate zone.[7] Most weather fronts originate in the Pacific Ocean, and travel east toward the Sierra Nevada mountains. As fronts approach, they are forced upward by the peaks, causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall onto the range (orographic lift).
References[]
- ^ a b c d "Tower Peak, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
- ^ "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
- ^ "Western States Climbers Qualifying Peak List". Climber.org. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
- ^ "Vagmarken Sierra Crest List". Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
- ^ "Tower Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
- ^ Roper, Steve (1976). The Climber's Guide to the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. p. 38. ISBN 978-0871561473.
- ^ "Climate of the Sierra Nevada". Encyclopædia Britannica.
Categories:
- Mountains of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
- Mountains of Mono County, California
- Mountains of Tuolumne County, California
- Mountains of Northern California
- North American 3000 m summits