Mount Clark (California)

Mount Clark is a 11,527-foot (3,513 m) granite peak in the Clark Range, a sub-range of the Sierra Nevada. It is a popular destination for mountaineers.

Mount Clark
West face from Glacier Point Road, January 2008.
Highest point
Elevation11,527 ft (3,513 m) NAVD 88[1]
Prominence722 ft (220 m)[1]
Parent peakChip Peak[2]
Listing
  • SPS Mountaineers peak[3]
  • Western States Climbers Star peak[4]
Coordinates37°41′47″N 119°25′43″W[5]
Geography
LocationYosemite National Park
Mariposa County, California, U.S.
Parent rangeClark Range, Sierra Nevada
Topo mapUSGS Merced Peak
Climbing
First ascent1866 by Clarence King and James T. Gardiner[6]
Easiest routeRock climb, class 4[7]

Both the mountain and the range are named in honor of Galen Clark, an early explorer and the first guardian of Yosemite National Park.[8] Before it received its present name, it was known as Gothic Peak and then The Obelisk, the name used by the Whitney Survey.[9] Obelisk Lake, at 9,853 feet (3,003 m) lies on the mountain's northeast flank.

References

  1. "Mount Clark". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
  2. "Mount Clark". ListsOfJohn.com. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
  3. "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
  4. "Western States Climbers List". Climber.org. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  5. "Mount Clark". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
  6. Farquhar, Francis P. (1926). Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club.
  7. Secor, R.J. (2009). The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails (3rd ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers. pp. 409–411. ISBN 9780898869712.
  8. Browning, Peter (2005). Yosemite Place Names: The Historic Background of Geographic Names in Yosemite National Park. Great West Books. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-944220-19-1.
  9. Browning, Peter (1986). Place Names of the Sierra Nevada. Berkeley: Wilderness Press. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-89997-119-3.


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