Mount Dade

Mount Dade
North aspect
Highest point
Elevation13,600+ ft (4,150+ m)[1]
Prominence200 ft (61 m)[1]
Parent peakMount Abbot (13,710 ft)[2]
ListingSierra Peaks Section
Coordinates37°22′55″N 118°46′46″W / 37.3819133°N 118.7794894°W / 37.3819133; -118.7794894[3]
Geography
Mount Dade is located in California
Mount Dade
Mount Dade
Location in California
Mount Dade is located in the United States
Mount Dade
Mount Dade
Mount Dade (the United States)
Location Fresno / Inyo counties, California U.S. 
Parent rangeSierra Nevada[1]
Topo mapUSGS Mount Abbot
Geology
Rock typegranite
Climbing
First ascentAugust 19, 1911 by Liston and McKeen[4]
Easiest routeclass 2[5]

Mount Dade is a 13,606 feet (4,147 m) mountain located on the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in northern California, United States.[3] It is situated in the John Muir Wilderness on the boundary between Sierra National Forest and Inyo National Forest, and along the common border of Fresno County with Inyo County. It is one mile west of Dade Lake, and approximately 22 miles (35 km) west of the community of Bishop. Nearby neighbors include Mount Abbot, 0.4 mile to the northwest, and Bear Creek Spire 1.2 mile to the southeast. The USGS probably named this peak during a 1907–09 survey, and the first ascent was made August 19, 1911, by Liston and McKeen, of Fresno.[6]

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Dade is located in an alpine climate zone.[7] Most weather fronts originate in the Pacific Ocean, and travel east toward the Sierra Nevada mountains. As fronts approach, they are forced upward by the peaks, causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall onto the range (orographic lift). Precipitation runoff from the west side of this mountain drains into Lake Italy, and from the east side into headwaters of Rock Creek.

View from Mono Pass, left to rightː Bear Creek Spire, "Treasure Peak", Mount Dade, and Mount Abbot

Climbing

Established rock climbing routes on Mount Dade:[5]

  • South Slope – class 2
  • West Chute – class 2 – First Ascent 1911
  • The Hourglass – class 2 – 1934
  • Northwest Chute – class 3 – FA 1951
  • Northeast Face – class 4 – FA 1956
  • East Face – class 4 – FA 1960
  • North Pillar – class 5.10 – FA 1995
  • North Face - class 5[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Mount Dade, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
  2. ^ "Dade, Mount". ListsOfJohn.com. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  3. ^ a b "Mount Dade". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
  4. ^ Browning, Peter (1986). Place Names of the Sierra Nevada. Berkley: Wilderness Press. p. 51. ISBN 978-0899970479.
  5. ^ a b Secor, R.J. (1992). The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails (1st ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers. p. 258. ISBN 978-0898863130.
  6. ^ Peter Browning, Place Names of the Sierra Nevada From Abbot to Zumwalt, 1986, Wilderness Press, ISBN 9780899970479, page 51.
  7. ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN 1027-5606.
  8. ^ "Mount Dade Rock Climbing". Mountain Project. Retrieved 2021-11-24.