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Mountain in California, United States

Mount Emerson
Mount Emerson Summit Ridge
Highest point
Elevation13,210 ft (4,026 m)
Prominence724 ft (221 m)
Listing
  • Sierra Club Sierra Peaks Section
  • Western States Climbers peak
Coordinates37°14′41″N 118°39′35″W / 37.2447003°N 118.6597284°W / 37.2447003; -118.6597284
Geography
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Location
Parent rangeSierra Nevada
Topo mapUSGS Mount Darwin
Climbing
First ascentJuly 1, 1926 by Norman Clyde
Easiest routeExposed scramble (class 3)

Mount Emerson is located in the Sierra Nevada in Inyo County in eastern California, United States. Mount Emerson is the 116th highest mountain in California and the 671st highest mountain in the United States.

History

Mount Emerson is named in honor of the essayist, poet and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson. John Muir wrote in a letter to Mrs. Ezra S. Carr that "I have named a grand wide-winged mountain on the head of the Joaquin Mount Emerson. Its head is high above its fellows and wings are white with ice and snow." It has been suggested that Muir might have intended to confer the poet's name on Mount Humphreys which had already been named by the Whitney Survey.

Mount Emerson viewed from the east
Mt. Emerson from northeast

References

  1. ^ "Mount Emerson, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
  2. "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  3. "Western States Climbers Qualifying Peak List". Climber.org. Retrieved November 25, 2021.
  4. "Mount Emerson". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  5. Roper, Steve (1976). The Climber's Guide to the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. p. 243. ISBN 978-0871561473.
  6. Secor, R.J. (2009). The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails (3rd ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers. ISBN 978-0898869712.
  7. "Mount Emerson". The Peakery. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
  8. Badè, William Frederic. "The Life and Letters of John Muir". Sierra Club. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
  9. Browning, Peter (1986). Place Names of the Sierra Nevada. Wilderness Press. p. 65. ISBN 089997-047-8.

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