Mount Julius Caesar

Mount Julius Caesar is a 13,213-foot-elevation (4,027 meter) mountain summit located on the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in northern California, United States.[1] It is situated in the John Muir Wilderness on the boundary that Sierra National Forest shares with Inyo National Forest, and along the common border shared by Fresno County with Inyo County. It is one mile southwest of line parent Bear Creek Spire, and 22 miles (35 km) west of the community of Bishop. Italy Pass is one-half mile immediately south of the summit, and Granite Park lies to the southeast. Mount Julius Caesar ranks as the 106th-highest summit in California.[3] Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 2,000 feet (610 meters) above Lake Italy in 0.7 miles (1.1 km).

Mount Julius Caesar
North aspect
Highest point
Elevation13,213 ft (4,027 m)[1]
Prominence440 ft (134 m)[2]
Parent peakBear Creek Spire (13,726 ft)[3]
Isolation1.09 mi (1.75 km)[3]
ListingSierra Peaks Section
Vagmarken Club Sierra Crest List[4]
Coordinates37°21′24″N 118°46′54″W[1]
Naming
EtymologyJulius Caesar
Geography
Mount Julius Caesar is located in California
Mount Julius Caesar
Mount Julius Caesar
Location in California
Mount Julius Caesar is located in the United States
Mount Julius Caesar
Mount Julius Caesar
Mount Julius Caesar (the United States)
Location Fresno / Inyo counties, California U.S. 
Parent rangeSierra Nevada
Topo mapUSGS Mount Hilgard
Geology
Age of rockCretaceous
Mountain typeFault block
Type of rockgranitic
Climbing
First ascent1928
Easiest routeclass 2[5]

History

The first ascent of the summit was made August 12, 1928, by Alfred and Myrtle Prater.[6] This landform was named by the first ascent party to honor Julius Caesar, with the connection attributable to its position overlooking Lake Italy.[7][8] The north face and east arête was climbed August 9, 1953, by Jim Koontz, Pete Murphy, Al Wolf, and Ed Toby.[5] The first winter ascent was made March 18, 1965, by Tom Ross and Peter Lewis.[6] The present spelling of the toponym was officially adopted in 1978 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.[1]

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Julius Caesar is located in an alpine climate zone.[9] 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. Precipitation runoff from the west side of this mountain drains into Lake Italy which is within the San Joaquin River watershed, and from the east side to Pine Creek, thence Owens Valley.

  • South aspect
    South aspect
  • North aspect
    North aspect

See also

References
  1. "Mount Julius Caesar". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  2. "Mount Julius Caesar, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  3. "Julius Caesar, Mount". ListsOfJohn.com. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  4. "Vagmarken Sierra Crest List". Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  5. Hervey Voge, James W. Koontz, II, and George Bloom, A Climber’s Guide to the High Sierra (1954)
  6. R. J. Secor, The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, Trails, 2009, Third Edition, Mountaineers Books, ISBN 9781594857386, p. 334.
  7. Browning, Peter (1986). Place Names of the Sierra Nevada. Berkley: Wilderness Press. p. 113. ISBN 978-0899970479.
  8. Erwin G. Gudde (2010), California Place Names, University of California Press, ISBN 9780520266193, p. 187
  9. "Climate of the Sierra Nevada". Encyclopædia Britannica.
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