Mount Hoffmann

Mount Hoffmann

Mount Hoffmann reflected in May Lake
Elevation 10,855 ft (3,309 m) [1]
Prominence 2,290 ft (698 m) [2]
Parent peak Mount Ritter [3]
Location
Location Yosemite National Park, Mariposa County, California, USA
Range Sierra Nevada
Topo map USGS Yosemite Falls
Climbing
First ascent July 26, 1869 by John Muir [4]
Easiest route Simple scramble, class 2 [5][6]

Mount Hoffmann is a prominent peak in northeastern Mariposa County in the center of Yosemite National Park, California, United States. It rises above May Lake and is a day hike of 6.2 miles (10.0 km) (one-way) from Tioga Pass Road.[5] The mountain is named after the cartographer Charles F. Hoffmann, who was part of the California Geological Survey of the Sierra Nevada.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Mount Hoffman". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=HR2847. Retrieved 2009-08-11. 
  2. ^ "Mount Hoffmann, California". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=2608. Retrieved 2009-01-19. 
  3. ^ "California P2000 list page". Peaklist.org. http://www.peaklist.org/USlists/CAP2000.html. Retrieved 2009-01-19. 
  4. ^ a b Farquhar, Francis P. (1926). Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club. http://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/place_names_of_the_high_sierra/h.html. Retrieved 2009-01-19. 
  5. ^ a b Soares, M. J. (2003). 100 Hikes in Yosemite National Park. Seattle: Mountaineers Books. pp. 70. ISBN 978-0-89886-867-8. 
  6. ^ Roper, Steve (1976). The Climber's Guide to the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. p. 57. ISBN 0-87156-147-6. 

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