Mount Darwin (California)

Mount Darwin
Mount Darwin above Midnight Lake.
Highest point
Elevation13,837 ft (4,218 m) NAVD 88[1]
Prominence1,871 ft (570 m)[1]
Listing
Coordinates37°10′01″N 118°40′21″W / 37.1670217°N 118.6723880°W / 37.1670217; -118.6723880[4]
Naming
EtymologyCharles Darwin
Geography
Mount Darwin is located in California
Mount Darwin
Mount Darwin
LocationFresno and Inyo counties, California
CountryUnited States of America
StateCalifornia
CountyFresno
Parent rangeSierra Nevada, Evolution region
Topo mapUSGS Mount Darwin
Climbing
First ascent1908 by Ernest Clayton Andrews and Willard D. Johnson[5]
Easiest routeWest Face, exposed scramble, class 3 with summit block class 4[2]

Mount Darwin is a flat-topped mountain in the Sierra Nevada, on the border of between Fresno and Inyo counties in Kings Canyon National Park and the John Muir Wilderness of California.

  1. ^ a b "Mount Darwin, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
  2. ^ a b "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
  3. ^ "Western States Climbers Qualifying Peak List". Climber.org. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  4. ^ "Mount Darwin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2021-11-25.
  5. ^ Secor, R.J. (2009). The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails (3rd ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers. pp. 300–305. ISBN 978-0898869712.