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 | |
| Elevation | 11,527 ft (3,513 m) NAVD 88[1] |
| Prominence | 722 ft (220 m)[1] |
| Parent peak | Gray Peak (11,573 ft)[2] |
| Listing | |
| Coordinates | 37°41′47″N 119°25′43″W / 37.6963183°N 119.4284859°W[5] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Clark Location in California  Mount Clark Mount Clark (the United States) | |
| Location | Yosemite National Park Mariposa County, California, U.S. |
| Parent range | Clark Range, Sierra Nevada |
| Topo map | USGS Merced Peak |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1866 by Clarence King and James T. Gardiner[6] |
| Easiest route | Rock 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] It was summited in 1866 by Clarence King and James Gardener of the US Geological Survey.[9] Before it received its present name, it was known as Gothic Peak and then The Obelisk, the name used by the Whitney Survey.[10] Obelisk Lake, at 9,853 feet (3,003 m) lies on the mountain's northeast flank.
Climate edit
Mount Clark is located in an alpine climate zone.[11] 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.
Gallery edit
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Aerial view from the southwest -
Clark Range, Mt. Clark to right (north aspect) -
Red Peak (left), Gray Peak, Mt. Clark (right) -
North aspect of Mount Clark seen from Clouds Rest. Gray Peak to right.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Mount Clark". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
- ^ "Mount Clark". ListsOfJohn.com. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
- ^ "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
- ^ "Western States Climbers Qualifying Peak List". Climber.org. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
- ^ "Mount Clark". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
- ^ Farquhar, Francis P. (1926). Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club.
- ^ Secor, R.J. (2009). The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails (3rd ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers. pp. 409–411. ISBN 978-0898869712.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Mount Clark : Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering : SummitPost". www.summitpost.org. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
- ^ Browning, Peter (1986). Place Names of the Sierra Nevada. Berkeley: Wilderness Press. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-89997-119-3.
- ^ "Climate of the Sierra Nevada". Encyclopædia Britannica.
External links edit
- "Mount Clark". SummitPost.org.
- "Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada by Clarence King, Chapter IX - Merced Ramblings 1866". Yosemite Online Library.
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