Mount Cotter

Mount Cotter
Mount Cotter Location in California
Elevation	12,713 ft (3,875 m) NGVD 29 [1]
Prominence	542 ft (165 m) [1]
Parent peak	Mount Clarence King [2]
Listing	SPS peak [3]
Location
Location	Kings Canyon National Park, Fresno County, California, USA
Range	Sierra Nevada
Coordinates	36°49′08″N 118°26′30″W / 36.81889°N 118.44167°W / 36.81889; -118.44167Coordinates: 36°49′08″N 118°26′30″W / 36.81889°N 118.44167°W / 36.81889; -118.44167[4]
Topo map	USGS Mount Clarence King
Climbing
First ascent	1922 by Bob Fitzsimmons by the Southeast Slope [5]
Easiest route	Southeast Slope, scramble, class 3 [5]

Mount Cotter, located in the Kings Canyon National Park, is named for Dick Cotter who was a packer with the California Geological Survey in 1864. Cotter and Clarence King made the first ascent of Mount Tyndall.^[6] The Mountain has an elevation of 12,713 feet (3,875 m).^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Mount Cotter, California". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=13532. Retrieved 2009-08-21. 
2. ^ "Mount Whitney - California Mountain Atlas". Peaklist.org. http://www.PeakList.org/CAmtnatlas/tables/whitney/whitney.html. Retrieved 2009-08-21. 
3. ^ "Sierra Peaks Section List". Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. http://angeles.sierraclub.org/sps/spslist.pdf. Retrieved 2009-08-21. 
4. ^ "Mount Cotter". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:258753. Retrieved 2009-08-21. 
5. ^ ^{a b} Secor, R. J. (1999). The High Sierra: Peaks, Passes, and Trails (2nd ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers Books. pp. 161–162. ISBN 0-89886-625-1. 
6. ^ Browning, Peter (1986). Place Names of the Sierra Nevada. Berkley: Wilderness Press. p. 47. ISBN 978-0-89997-119-3. 

External links

• "Mount Cotter". SummitPost.org. http://www.summitpost.org/page/302847.