Mount Baxter (California)

Mount Baxter
Mount Baxter Location of Mount Baxter in California
Elevation	13,136 ft (4,004 m) NGVD 29[1]
Prominence	603 ft (184 m) [1]
Parent peak	Acrodectes Peak [2]
Location
Location	Fresno and Inyo counties, California, USA
Range	Sierra Nevada
Coordinates	36°51′41″N 118°21′57″W / 36.8613235°N 118.3659315°W / 36.8613235; -118.3659315Coordinates: 36°51′41″N 118°21′57″W / 36.8613235°N 118.3659315°W / 36.8613235; -118.3659315[3]
Topo map	USGS Kearsarge Peak
Geology
Type	Granitic
Age of rock	Cretaceous
Climbing
First ascent	1905 by George Davis
Easiest route	Scramble, class 3

Mount Baxter is a peak along the crest of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California. Mount Baxter is in the John Muir Wilderness just north of Baxter Pass and to the northeast of the Rae Lakes, a popular backpacking destination along the John Muir Trail.

Mount Baxter is named for John Baxter who was a rancher in the Owens Valley.^[4]

Access to Mount Baxter is limited to the period between December 15 and July 1 since a flock of protected bighorn sheep live in the vicinity.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Mount Baxter, California". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=2756. Retrieved 2008-11-24. 
2. ^ "Mount Whitney - California Mountain Atlas". Peaklist.org. http://www.peaklist.org/CAmtnatlas/tables/whitney/whitney.html. Retrieved 2009-01-18. 
3. ^ "Mount Baxter". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:256603. Retrieved 2008-11-24. 
4. ^ Browning, Peter (1986). Place Names of the Sierra Nevada. Berkley: Wilderness Press. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-89997-119-3. 

• Secor, R. J.. The High Sierra: Peaks, Passes, and Trails (2nd ed.). ISBN 0-89886-625-1.