Mount Clark (California)

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Mount Clark

West face from Glacier Point Road, January 2008.
Elevation 11,522 feet (3,512 m)[1]
Location California, USA
Range Clark Range
Coordinates 37°41′46.86″N 119°25′42.77″W / 37.69635, -119.4285472Coordinates: 37°41′46.86″N 119°25′42.77″W / 37.69635, -119.4285472[1]
Topo map USGS Merced Peak
First ascent Clarence King and James T. Gardiner, July 12, 1866[2]
Easiest route easy climb (YDS class 4)[3]
Listing SPS Mountaineer's Peak[4]

Mount Clark is an 11,522 feet (3,512 m) tall granite peak in the Sierra Nevada. It is a popular destination for mountaineering.

It takes its name from Galen Clark, an early explorer and guardian of Yosemite National Park. It is the namesake of its subrange, the Clark Range of the Sierra Nevada. Before taking its present name, it was called the Obelisk.[5] The lake on its northeast flank still bears the latter name.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Mount Clark. Peakbagger.com. Retrieved on 2008-01-27.
  2. ^ Farquhar, Francis P. [1926]. Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club. Retrieved on 2008-01-27. 
  3. ^ Secor, R.J. [1999]. The High Sierra: Peaks, Passes and Trails, 2nd, Seattle: The Mountaineers Books, 388-390. ISBN 0-89886-625-1. 
  4. ^ SummitPost - Mount Clark. SummitPost.org. Retrieved on 2008-01-27.
  5. ^ Mount Clark. Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved on 2008-01-27.


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