Mount Chamberlin (California)

Mount Chamberlin
Northeast aspect from Trail Crest
Highest point
Elevation	13,169 ft (4,014 m)[1]
Prominence	374 ft (114 m)[1]
Parent peak	Mount Newcomb (13,422 ft)[2]
Isolation	1.07 mi (1.72 km)[2]
Listing	Sierra Peaks Section
Coordinates	36°32′01″N 118°18′38″W[3]
Naming
Etymology	Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin
Geography
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Location	Sequoia National Park Tulare County California, U.S.
Parent range	Sierra Nevada
Topo map	USGS Mount Whitney
Geology
Rock age	Cretaceous
Mountain type	Fault block
Rock type	granitic
Climbing
First ascent	< 1932, J. H. Czock
Easiest route	class 2[2] West or south slopes

Mount Chamberlin is a 13,169-foot-elevation (4,014-meter) mountain summit located west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Tulare County, California.[3] It is situated in Sequoia National Park, and is 3.2 miles (5.1 km) south-southwest of Mount Whitney, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of Mount Hitchcock, and 3.5 miles west of Mount Corcoran. Topographic relief is significant as it rises approximately 1,830 feet (560 meters) above Crabtree Lakes in one-half mile. Mt. Chamberlin ranks as the 119th highest summit in California.[2] This mountain's name was officially adopted in 1940 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to honor American geologist Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin (1843–1928).[3] The first ascent of the summit was made by Sierra Club member J. H. Czock, date unknown.[4]

Climbing

Established climbing routes:[5]

• South and West Slopes – class 2 – 1932 by J.N. Holladay, E.M. Holladay, H.E. Fritsche
• East Ridge – class 3 – 1956 by George O. Hale
• North Pillar – class 5.10 – 1979 by Galen Rowell, Mike Farrell
• North Face – class 5.10d – 1983 by Claude Fiddler, Bob Harrington
• Eastern Pillar of the North Face – class 5.11 – 1992 by Julie Brugger, Andy de Klerk
• Asleep at the Wheel – class 5.11 – 2001 by Jimmy Haden, Mike Pennings

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Chamberlin has an alpine climate.[6] 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 this mountain drains west to the Kern River via Whitney and Rock Creeks.

Mts. Pickering, Chamberlin (center), Hitchcock

See also

• List of mountain peaks of California

References

1. "Mount Chamberlin, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
2. "Chamberlin, Mount - 13,169' CA". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
3. "Mount Chamberlin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
4. John D. and Ruth Mendenhall, Arthur B. Johnson, Braeme Gigas, Howard Koster, A Climber’s Guide to the High Sierra, (1954)
5. R. J. Secor, The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, Trails, 2009, Third Edition, Mountaineers Books, ISBN 9781594857386, pages 62, 63.
6. 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.

External links

• Weather forecast: Mount Chamberlin