Mount Le Conte (California)

This article is about the mountain in California. For the mountain in Tennessee, see Mount Le Conte (Tennessee). For other uses, see Mount Le Conte.
Mount Le Conte
Mount Le Conte from Boreal Plateau.
Highest point
Elevation13,936 ft (4,248 m) NAVD 88[1]
Prominence1,003 ft (306 m)[1]
Parent peakMount Whitney[2]
Listing
  • SPS Mountaineers peak[3]
  • Western States Climbers Star peak[4]
Coordinates36°32′27″N 118°15′07″W / 36.5407684°N 118.2520337°W / 36.5407684; -118.2520337[5]
Geography
Mount Le Conte is located in California
Mount Le Conte
Mount Le Conte
LocationInyo and Tulare counties, California, U.S.
Parent rangeSierra Nevada
Topo mapUSGS Mount Whitney
Climbing
First ascentJuly 1925 by Norman Clyde[6]
Easiest routeExposed scramble, class 3[7]

Mount Le Conte (or LeConte) is a mountain located in the Sierra Nevada of California. The boundary between Inyo and Tulare counties runs along the crest of the Sierra, across Mount Le Conte. The mountain was named in 1895 for Joseph Le Conte (1823–1901), the first professor of geology and natural history at the University of California.[6]

  1. ^ a b "Mount LeConte, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2011-06-01.
  2. ^ "Arc Pass". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
  3. ^ "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
  4. ^ "Western States Climbers Qualifying Peak List". Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  5. ^ "Mount Le Conte". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
  6. ^ a b Farquhar, Francis P. (1926). Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club. Retrieved 2007-08-12.
  7. ^ Roper, Steve (1976). The Climber's Guide to the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. p. 321. ISBN 978-0871561473.