Gemini is a 12,880-foot-elevation (3,926-meter) twin-peaked mountain summit located west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Fresno County of northern California, United States.[3] It is situated in the John Muir Wilderness, on land managed by Sierra National Forest. It is set 3.0 miles (4.8 km) west-southwest of Merriam Peak, 2.6 miles (4.2 km) northeast of Mount Senger, and 1.2 miles (1.9 km) southeast of Seven Gables, the nearest higher neighbor.[1]Topographic relief is significant as it rises over 3,500 feet (1,067 meters) above Piute Canyon in approximately three miles. Gemini ranks as the 176th-highest summit in California.[2]
History
The first ascent of the summit was made July 30, 1953, by Jim Koontz and Rosemarie Lenel.[4] The mountain's name was suggested by Chester Versteeg, a prominent Sierra Club mountaineer from Los Angeles.[5] The peak's name was officially adopted in 1954 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names and promulgated in 1957.[3] Today this peak draws climbing interest because it is included on the Sierra Peaks Section's peak bagging list.
^Erwin G. Gudde, California Place Names, University of California Press, 1969, ISBN9780520266193, page 142.
^Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN1027-5606.
