Mount Cotter | |
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Mount Cotter
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Elevation | 12,713 ft (3,875 m) NGVD 29 [1] |
Prominence | 542 ft (165 m) [1] |
Parent peak | Mount Clarence King [2] |
Listing | SPS peak [3] |
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Location | Kings Canyon National Park, Fresno County, California, USA |
Range | Sierra Nevada |
Coordinates | [4] |
Topo map | USGS Mount Clarence King |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1922 by Bob Fitzsimmons by the Southeast Slope [5] |
Easiest route | Southeast Slope, scramble, class 3 [5] |
Mount Cotter, located in the Kings Canyon National Park, is named for Dick Cotter who was a packer with the California Geological Survey in 1864. Cotter and Clarence King made the first ascent of Mount Tyndall.[6] The Mountain has an elevation of 12,713 feet (3,875 m).[1]