Mount Morrison (California)

Mount Morrison
Mount Morrison from Long Valley
Highest point
Elevation12,241 ft (3,731 m) NAVD 88[1]
Prominence164 ft (50 m)[1]
Listing
  • SPS Mountaineers peak[2]
  • Western States Climbers Star peak[3]
Coordinates37°33′41″N 118°51′30″W / 37.5613238°N 118.8584611°W / 37.5613238; -118.8584611[4]
Geography
Mount Morrison is located in California
Mount Morrison
Mount Morrison
Location in California
Mount Morrison is located in the United States
Mount Morrison
Mount Morrison
Mount Morrison (the United States)
LocationMono County, California. U.S.
Parent rangeSierra Nevada
Topo mapUSGS Convict Lake
Geology
Rock agePaleozoic
Mountain typeMetamorphic rock
Climbing
First ascent1928 by Norman Clyde or John Mendendhall[5]
Easiest routeScramble, class 2[2]

Mount Morrison is located in the Sierra Nevada, in the Sherwin Range. It rises south of Convict Lake near the town of Mammoth Lakes.

  1. ^ a b "Mount Morrison, California". Peakbagger.com.
  2. ^ a b "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
  3. ^ "Western States Climbers Qualifying Peak List". Climber.org. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  4. ^ "Mount Morrison". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
  5. ^ Roper, Steve (1976). The Climber's Guide to the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. pp. 128, 339. ISBN 978-0871561473.