Mount Barnard

Mount Barnard
Mount Barnard
Inyo / Tulare counties, California, USA
Elevation 13,990 ft (4,264 m) NGVD 29[1]
Prominence 932 ft (284 m) [1]
Parent peak Mount Williamson [2]
Listing Thirteener
Location
Range Sierra Nevada
Coordinates [3]
Topo map USGS Mount Williamson
Climbing
First ascent September 25, 1892 by John Hunter, William Hunter, and C. Mulholland [4]
Easiest route Easy scramble, Cass 2

Mount Barnard is a mountain in California and has the dubious distinction of being the highest thirteener, a peak between 13,000 and 13,999 feet (4,267 m) in elevation, in the United States. It is located along the Sierra Crest on the border between Tulare and Inyo counties about 2 miles (3 km) southwest of Mount Williamson which is the second highest peak in the state. Mount Barnard is the twelfth highest peak in California by most standard definitions.[5][6] If Mount Muir were to be included in the list of the highest California peaks then Mount Barnard would drop to thirteenth. Mount Muir fails to meet the usual criteria for listed peaks by 2 feet (0.61 m) of topographic prominence.

References

  1. ^ a b "Mount Barnard, California". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=2819. Retrieved 2009-01-18. 
  2. ^ "Mount Whitney - California Mountain Atlas". Peaklist.org. http://www.PeakList.org/CAmtnatlas/tables/whitney/whitney.html. Retrieved 2009-01-18. 
  3. ^ "Mount Barnard". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:256535. Retrieved 2009-01-18. 
  4. ^ Roper, Steve (1976). The Climber's Guide to the High Sierra. Sierra Club Books. pp. 367. ISBN 0-87156-147-6. 
  5. ^ "California Thirteeners: The Official Vulgarian Ramblers List". http://www.vulgarianramblers.org/ca13ers.html. Retrieved 2009-01-18. 
  6. ^ "California 13,500-foot Peaks". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/list.aspx?lid=21320. Retrieved 2009-01-18.