Mount Tyndall

For the mountain in Tasmania, Australia, see Mount Tyndall (Tasmania).

Mount Tyndall
Elevation	14,025 ft (4,275 m) [1][2]
Prominence	1,092 ft (333 m) [2]
Parent peak	Mount Williamson[2]
Listing	Sierra Peaks Section List[3]
Location
Mount Tyndall Location of Mount Tyndall in California
Location	Inyo / Tulare counties, California, United States
Range	Sierra Nevada
Coordinates	36°39′20″N 118°20′13″W / 36.65556°N 118.33694°W / 36.65556; -118.33694Coordinates: 36°39′20″N 118°20′13″W / 36.65556°N 118.33694°W / 36.65556; -118.33694[4]
Topo map	USGS Mount Williamson
Climbing
First ascent	July 6, 1864 by Clarence King and Richard Cotter[5]</ref>
Easiest route	Scramble, class 2[5]

Mount Tyndall is a peak in the Mount Whitney region of the Sierra Nevada in the U.S. state of California. It rises to 14,025 feet (4,275 m), and is the tenth highest peak in the state. The mountain was named after the British scientist and mountaineer, John Tyndall.^[6]

Geography

Tyndall lies on the Sierra Crest, which in this region forms the boundary between the John Muir Wilderness and the Inyo National Forest on the east, and Sequoia National Park on the west; and the boundary between Inyo and Tulare counties. Mount Tyndall is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of the higher Mount Williamson, and about 6 miles (9.7 km) north-northeast of Mount Whitney.

History

Mount Tyndall was first climbed on July 6, 1864 by Clarence King and Richard Cotter who were members of the California Geological Survey and under the overall direction of Josiah Whitney and the field leadership of William Brewer. King and Cotter were attempting to make the first ascent of Mount Whitney, and had made a long trek from Kings Canyon only to find that they had not climbed the correct peak.^[5]

Climbing Routes

The easiest route on Mount Tyndall in terms of access and climbing is the Northwest Ridge, which involves an easy scramble (class 2). It begins about one half mile (0.8 km.) west of from Shepherd Pass and about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the peak. Other non-technical routes exist on the gently sloped west side of the peak. At least two significant technical routes lie on the much steeper east face; the first of these routes was climbed by noted mountaineer Fred Beckey and Charlie Raymond in 1970.^[5]

See also

• List of California fourteeners
• Mountain peaks of California

References

1. ^ The NGVD 29 elevation of 14,019 feet was converted using VERTCON to the NAVD 88 elevation of 14,025 feet.
2. ^ ^{a b c} "Mount Tyndall, California". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=2815. Retrieved 2009-02-02. 
3. ^ "Sierra Peaks Section List". Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. http://angeles.sierraclub.org/sps/spslist.pdf. 
4. ^ "Mount Tyndall". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. 1981-01-18. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1654979. Retrieved 2008-09-21. 
5. ^ ^{a b c d} Roper, Steve (1976). The Climber's Guide to the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. pp. 299, 366. ISBN 0871561476. 
6. ^ Brewer, William H. (1873). "Discovery of Mount Tyndall". The Popular Science Monthly 2: 739–741. http://books.google.com/?id=s54VAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA739&dq=Mount+Tyndall. 

External links

• "Mount Tyndall". SummitPost.org. http://www.summitpost.org/page/150441. Retrieved 2011-06-01. 
• King, Clarence (1871). Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada (1905 ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. ISBN 0585274320. http://books.google.com/?id=5gUNAAAAIAAJ. . In Chapter 3 of the free online version of this book, King gives an account of the first ascent of Mount Tyndall.