Mount Mendel

Mount Mendel
Mount Mendel from Evolution Lake
Highest point
Elevation13,716 ft (4,181 m) NAVD 88[1]
Prominence550 ft (168 m)[1]
Listing
Coordinates37°10′30″N 118°40′56″W / 37.1749404°N 118.6822163°W / 37.1749404; -118.6822163[4]
Geography
Mount Mendel is located in California
Mount Mendel
Mount Mendel
Mount Mendel is located in the United States
Mount Mendel
Mount Mendel
LocationKings Canyon National Park, Fresno County, California, U.S.
Parent rangeSierra Nevada, Evolution Region
Climbing
First ascentJuly 15, 1930 Jules Eichorn, Glen Dawson and John Olmstead[5]
Easiest routeExposed scramble, class 3[2]

Mount Mendel is a peak in Fresno County, California. It is in Kings Canyon National Park in the Evolution Region, of the Sierra Nevada and adjacent to Mount Darwin which is on the Sierra crest.

  1. ^ a b "Mount Mendel, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2012-12-16.
  2. ^ a b "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  3. ^ "Western States Climbers Qualifying Peak List". Climber.org. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
  4. ^ "Mount Mendel". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-12-16.
  5. ^ Secor, R.J. The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails (3rdth ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers. p. 307.