Mount Newcomb

Mount Newcomb is a 13,422-foot-elevation (4,091-meter) mountain summit located just west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Tulare County, California.[3] It is situated in Sequoia National Park, and is 2.8 miles (4.5 km) south of Mount Whitney, 1.1 miles (1.8 km) northeast of Mount Chamberlin, and 3.5 miles west of Mount Corcoran. Mt. Newcomb ranks as the 70th highest summit in California.[2] Topographic relief is significant as it rises 2,083 feet (635 meters) above the second Crabtree Lake in approximately one mile. This mountain's name was officially adopted in 1940 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to honor American astronomer Simon Newcomb (1835–1909).[3] The first ascent of the summit was made August 22, 1936, by Max Eckenburg and Bob Rumohr.[4]

Mount Newcomb
East aspect, from Mount Langley
Highest point
Elevation13,422 ft (4,091 m)[1]
Prominence561 ft (171 m)[1]
Parent peakMount Pickering (13,474 ft)[2]
Isolation0.90 mi (1.45 km)[2]
ListingSierra Peaks Section
Coordinates36°32′24″N 118°17′36″W[3]
Naming
EtymologySimon Newcomb
Geography
Mount Newcomb is located in California
Mount Newcomb
Mount Newcomb
Location in California
Mount Newcomb is located in the United States
Mount Newcomb
Mount Newcomb
Mount Newcomb (the United States)
LocationSequoia National Park
Tulare County
California, U.S.
Parent rangeSierra Nevada
Topo mapUSGS Mount Whitney
Geology
Age of rockCretaceous
Mountain typeFault block
Type of rockgranitic
Climbing
First ascent1936
Easiest routeclass 2[2]

Climbing

Established climbing routes:[5]

  • Southwest Slope – class 2 – 1936 by Max Eckenburg and Bob Rumohr
  • Southwest Ridge – class 3 – 1956 by George O. Hale
  • Northeast Ridge – class 3 – 2004 by Bob Sumner
  • South Ridge – class 3
  • The Keep – class 5.10 – 2001 by Dave Nettle, Aaron Zanto

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Newcomb 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.

See also

References

  1. "Mount Newcomb, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  2. "Newcomb, Mount - 13,422' CA". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  3. "Mount Newcomb". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  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.
  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.
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