Mount Hopkins (California)

Mount Hopkins
Mount Hopkins southeast aspect
Highest point
Elevation12,304 ft (3,750 m) NGVD 29[1]
Prominence424 ft (129 m)[1]
Coordinates37°27′50″N 118°48′46″W / 37.4638238°N 118.8129018°W / 37.4638238; -118.8129018[2]
Geography
Mount Hopkins is located in California
Mount Hopkins
Mount Hopkins
Mount Hopkins is located in the United States
Mount Hopkins
Mount Hopkins
Mount Hopkins (the United States)
Parent rangeSierra Nevada
Topo mapUSGS Mount Abbot
Climbing
First ascent1934 by David Brower, Norman Clyde, and Hervey Voge[3]
Easiest routeHike from the east[3]

Mount Hopkins is a mountain in the John Muir Wilderness north of Kings Canyon National Park. It is one of four peaks that surround Pioneer Basin, 1.4 miles (2.3 km) south-southeast of Mount Crocker, 2 miles (3.2 km) west-southwest of Mount Huntington, and 2 miles (3.2 km) southwest of Mount Stanford. The mountain was named for Mark Hopkins, one of the builders of the Central Pacific Railroad.[4]

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Hopkins is located in an alpine climate zone.[5] 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 (orographic lift), causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall onto the range.

References

  1. ^ a b "Mount Hopkins, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
  2. ^ "Mount Hopkins". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved December 22, 2008.
  3. ^ a b Voge, Hervey H.; Smatko, Andrew J. (1972). Mountaineer's Guide to the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-87156-064-3.
  4. ^ Farquhar, Francis P. (1926). Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club. Retrieved August 11, 2009.
  5. ^ "Climate of the Sierra Nevada". Encyclopædia Britannica.


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