Mount Linn

Mount Linn, at 8,098 feet (2,468 m), is the easternmost summit of South Yolla Bolly Mountain, and is located in the Yolla Bolly Mountains of the Northern Coast Ranges and sibling Klamath Mountains System, in Tehama County, northwestern California. Mt. Linn is the highest peak in the northern California Coast Ranges south of the Trinity Alps and, along with the highest peaks of the Trinity Alps, the tallest coastal range peak within the coterminous forty-eight states. Mt. Linn is the third most prominent peak in the northern Pacific Coast Ranges behind Mt. Eddy and Caesar Peaks in the Trinity Alps and Mt. Olympus of Washington's Olympic Mountains.

Mount Linn
Sunrise Looking Northwest
Highest point
Elevation8,098 ft (2,468 m) NAVD 88[1]
Prominence4,814 ft (1,467 m)[1]
Coordinates40°02′13″N 122°51′18″W[2]
Geography
LocationYolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness,
Tehama County,
California, U.S.
Parent rangePacific Coast Ranges: siblings California Coast Ranges System,
Klamath Mountains,Yolla Bolly Mountains
Topo mapUSGS South Yolla Bolla Mountains

Mt. Linn is protected within the Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness, in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest section.

Geography

The summit of Mount Linn is the highest point in the Northern California Coast Ranges segment of the Coastal Crest, south of the Trinity Alps range's high peaks, also in the Klamath Mountains System.[1] The elevation of the mountain ensures it receives heavy winter snowfall and it has low average annual temperature near the summit.[3]

A tarn named Square Lake is located in a cirque on Mount Linn's north slope.[4] The cirque was carved by glaciers during the Ice Age.

The mountain was named by John C. Frémont in honor of Lewis F. Linn, a senator from Missouri, who played an important role in the acquisition of the Oregon Territory.[5][6]

See also
  • Flora of the Klamath Mountains

References
  1. "South Yolla Bolly Mountain, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
  2. "Mount Linn". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
  3. "Subsection M261Ba - Eastern Franciscan". U.S. Forest Service. Archived from the original on 2009-01-20. Retrieved 2014-02-22.
  4. South Yolla Bolly quadrangle, California (Map). 1:24000. 7.5 Minute Topographic. USGS. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
  5. Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 187.
  6. Gudde, Erwin G. (1949). California Place Names. Berkeley: Univ. of California Press. p. 188.


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