Mount Morgan (Mono County, California)

For other uses, see Mount Morgan (disambiguation).

Mount Morgan
Mount Morgan from Davis Lake
Elevation	12,992+ feet (3,960+ m) [1]
Prominence	1,472 ft (449 m) [1]
Parent peak	Red Slate Mountain [2]
Listing	Sierra Peaks Section [3]
Location
Location	Mono County, California, USA
Range	Sierra Nevada
Coordinates	37°30′41″N 118°46′47″W / 37.5113223°N 118.7798486°W / 37.5113223; -118.7798486Coordinates: 37°30′41″N 118°46′47″W / 37.5113223°N 118.7798486°W / 37.5113223; -118.7798486[4]
Topo map	USGS Convict Lake
Climbing
First ascent	1934 by David Brower and Norman Clyde [5]
Easiest route	Hike, class 1 [5]

Mount Morgan is a mountain in the Sherwin Range of the Sierra Nevada. It lies in Mono County, California, between McGee Canyon and Hilton Lakes. It is not to be confused with the Mount Morgan that lies southwest of Little Lakes Valley, only 9 miles (14 km) to the south southwest. The mountain is in the John Muir Wilderness Area on the Inyo National Forest.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Mount Morgan, California". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=2650. 
2. ^ "Mount Gabb - California Mountain Atlas". Peaklist.org. http://www.PeakList.org/CAmtnatlas/tables/whitney/gabb.html. Retrieved 2009-01-18. 
3. ^ "Sierra Peaks Section List". Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. http://angeles.sierraclub.org/sps/spslist.pdf. 
4. ^ "Mount Morgan". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:263831. 
5. ^ ^{a b} Roper, Steve (1976). The Climber's Guide to the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. pp. 132, 340. ISBN 0-87156-147-6. 

External links

• "Mount Morgan (N)". SummitPost.org. http://www.summitpost.org/page/152146.