Triple Divide Peak (Tulare County, California)

Triple Divide Peak

Tamarack Meadow at 9,500 feet (2,900 m), below Triple Divide Peak, in the backcountry of Sequoia National Park
Elevation 12,640 ft (3,853 m) [1][2]
Prominence 674 ft (205 m) [2]
Parent peak Centennial Peak[2]
Listing SPS Mountaineers peak[3]
Location
Triple Divide Peak
Location of Triple Divide Peak in California
Location Kings Canyon National Park / Sequoia National Park, Tulare County, California, USA
Range Great Western Divide, Sierra Nevada
Coordinates [4]
Topo map USGS Triple Divide Peak
Climbing
First ascent 1920 James Hutchinson, Charles Noble[5]
Easiest route East Ridge or Southwest Face (scramble)[5]

Triple Divide Peak is a mountain along the Great Western Divide in the Sierra Nevada range on the border between Kings Canyon National Park and Sequoia National Park, in Tulare County, California. It rises to 12,640 feet (3,853 m).[2]

Near Kaweah Gap, the peak divides three important watersheds: the Kern River, the Kaweah River, and the Kings River. This three-way divide leads to the peak's name.[4] At one time, it was also called The Keystone.[6]

The Kaweah Peaks Ridge spurs off to the south,[4] while the Kings-Kaweah Divide branches off to the west.

References

  1. ^ The NGVD 29 elevation of 12,634 feet was converted using VERTCON to the NAVD 88 elevation of 12,640 feet.
  2. ^ a b c d "Triple Divide Peak, California". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=2798. Retrieved 2011-05-27. 
  3. ^ "Sierra Peaks Section List". Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. http://angeles.sierraclub.org/sps/spslist.pdf. Retrieved 2008-10-04. 
  4. ^ a b c "Triple Divide Peak". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:255159. Retrieved 2008-10-04. 
  5. ^ a b Secor, R.J. (1999). The High Sierra: Peaks, Passes and Trails (2nd ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers. p. 114. ISBN 0-89886-625-1. 
  6. ^ Browning, Peter (1986). Place Names of the Sierra Nevada. Berkeley, California: Wilderness Press. p. 220. ISBN 0-89997-047-8. 

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