Shepherd Crest (Yosemite)

Shepherd Crest is a ridge in the northern part of Yosemite National Park that divides into Shepherd Crest East and Shepherd Crest West.[2][3][4] Shepherd Crest is between North Peak and Excelsior Mountain and near Mount Conness, Mount Warren, Mono Lake, and Tuolumne Meadows.[5][6][7][8][9]

Shepherd Crest
North aspect, west peak to right
Highest point
Elevation12,020 ft (3,660 m) NAVD 88[1]
Prominence560 ft (171 m)[1]
Coordinates38°00′15″N 119°18′42″W[1]
Geography
Shepherd Crest is located in California
Shepherd Crest
Shepherd Crest
Shepherd Crest
Shepherd Crest is located in the United States
Shepherd Crest
Shepherd Crest
Shepherd Crest (the United States)
LocationYosemite National Park
Tuolumne County, California, U.S.
Parent rangeRitter Range, Sierra Nevada
Topo mapUSGS Dunderberg Peak
Geology
Age of rockCretaceous
Mountain typeFault block
Type of rockGranodiorite

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Shepherd Crest is located in an alpine climate zone.[10] 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 moisture in the form of rain or snowfall to drop onto the range.

Climbing

Shepherd Crest has climbs, from class 2 scrambles to a class 5.7 rock climb.[6]

Shepherd Crest (left), Excelsior Mountain (right)

References
  1. "Shepherd Crest, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  2. "Shepherd Crest East". google.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  3. "Shepherd Crest West". google.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  4. "Viewing Images attached to Mountain/Rock: Shepherd Crest". summitpost.org. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  5. "Key Col for Shephard's Crest West Peak". peakbagger.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  6. Noondueler. "Shepherd Crest, California, United States, North America". summitpost.org. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  7. "Shephard's Crest West Peak, California".
  8. "Shepherd Crest, Part of Yosemite National Park". anyplaceamerica.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  9. "François Matthes and the Marks of Time: Yosemite and the High Sierra by François E. Matthes". yosemite.ca.us. 1962. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  10. "Climate of the Sierra Nevada". Encyclopædia Britannica.
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