Birch Mountain (Sierra Nevada)

Birch Mountain (Sierra Nevada)

Infobox Mountain
Name = Birch Mountain
Photo = Birch Mountain and the approaching rain.jpg
Caption = Birch Mountain towers over the the Owens Valley, seen from Split Mountain, August 2007.
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pushpin_map_caption = Location of Birch Mountain in California
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coordinates_ref = Cite gnis|252132|Birch Mountain|01-Aug-1990|2008-09-14]
latd=37 | latm=3 | lats=46 | latNS=N
longd=118 | longm=25 | longs=7 | longEW=W

Elevation = Convert|13608|ft|m|0|lk=on The elevation of this summit has been converted from its National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29) elevation of Convert|13602|ft|m|0 to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88) elevation of Convert|13608|ft|m|0. [http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/faq.shtml#WhatVD29VD88 National Geodetic Survey] ] cite web
url = http://www.peaklist.org/CAmtnatlas/tables/whitney/palisade.html
title = NORTH PALISADE - California Mountain Atlas
work = peaklist.org
accessdate = 2008-09-14 ]

Location = Inyo County, California, USA
Range = Sierra Nevada
Prominence = Convert|872|ft|m|0|lk=on
Parent peak = Middle Palisade
Coordinates = Coord|37|3|46|N|118|25|7|W|type:mountain_region:US-CA_source:GNIS|display=inline,title|name=Birch Mountain
Topographic
USGS Split Mountain
Type =
Age =

First ascent = 1887 J.W. Bledsoe cite book
last=Secor
first=R.J.
title= The High Sierra: Peaks, Passes and Trails
origyear=1999
edition=2nd
publisher=The Mountaineers Books
location=Seattle
isbn=0-89886-625-1 ]

Easiest route = Southwest ridge or south slope (scramble)

Listing = SPS peak cite web
url=http://angeles.sierraclub.org/sps/spslist.htm
title = Peaks List
work = Sierra Club Sierra Peaks Section
accessdate=2008-09-14 ]

Birch Mountain, or Paokrung (Northern Paiute for "Mountain of Stone"), is one of the fifty highest peaks of California. Of the major peaks of the Palisades, it stands furthest from the Sierra Crest.

Judging by its few summit register entries, it is climbed far less than its nearby fourteener neighbors on the Sierra Crest.cite web
url = http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/151322/birch-mountain.html
title = SummitPost - Birch Mountain -- Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering
accessdate=2008-09-14 ] But its placement on the Sierra Peaks Section list adds to its appeal to peakbaggers, and its low technical demand makes it a rewarding ski mountaineering destination.cite web
url = http://www.sierradescents.com/skiing/birch/2008/southeast-face.html
title = Birch Mountain's Southeast Face - SierraDescent.com Skiing
accessdate = 2008-09-14]

ee also

*Mountain peaks of California

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