- Mount Mallory
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Mount Mallory Elevation 13,845 ft (4,220 m) NGVD 29[1] Prominence 722 ft (220 m) [1] Listing Sierra Peaks Section [2] Location Location Inyo and Tulare counties, California, USA Range Sierra Nevada Coordinates 36°32′56″N 118°15′46″W / 36.5488240°N 118.2628674°WCoordinates: 36°32′56″N 118°15′46″W / 36.5488240°N 118.2628674°W[3] Topo map USGS Mount Whitney Climbing First ascent 1925 by Norman Clyde [4] Easiest route East Slopes, class 2 [5] Mount Mallory is a mountain located in the Sierra Nevada of California. The border between Inyo National Forest and Sequoia National Park runs across its peak. The peak was named in memory of George H. Leigh Mallory, of the British Alpine Club, who was lost on Mount Everest, June, 1924.[4] Norman Clyde advanced Mallory's and Andrew Irvine's names following their loss.
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Geography
Mount Mallory is located southeast of Mount Whitney, and is flanked to the north by Mount Irvine for Andrew Irvine, and to the southeast by Mount LeConte. The southwest side, in Tulare County, is in Sequoia National Park. The north and east sides, in Inyo County, are in the John Muir Wilderness Area of the Inyo National Forest.
Climbing
There are several routes typically used to climb Mount Mallory. It can be climbed from the East via Green Pass from the Meysan Lake Trailhead, or it can be climbed from the west via Arc Pass. The East slopes present the most obvious route, and the mountain is often climbed in conjunction with Mount Irvine.[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Mount Mallory, California". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=2838. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
- ^ "Sierra Peaks Section List". Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. http://angeles.sierraclub.org/sps/spslist.pdf. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
- ^ "Mount Mallory". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:263134. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
- ^ a b Farquhar, Francis P. (1926). Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club. http://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/place_names_of_the_high_sierra/. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
- ^ a b Secor, R. J. (1999). The High Sierra: Peaks, Passes and Trails (2nd ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers Books. ISBN 0-89886-625-1.
External links
- "Mount Mallory". SummitPost.org. http://www.summitpost.org/page/151354.
Categories:- Mountains of Sequoia National Park
- Mountains of the John Muir Wilderness
- Mountains of Inyo County, California
- Mountains of Tulare County, California
- Inyo County, California geography stubs
- Tulare County, California geography stubs
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