Mount Maclure

Mount Maclure
Mount Maclure and Maclure Glacier
Elevation	12,880+ feet, 3926+ m [1]
Prominence	440 ft (134 m) [1]
Location
Location	Madera and Tuolumne counties, California, USA
Range	Sierra Nevada
Coordinates	37°44′37″N 119°16′54″W / 37.7435414°N 119.2815367°W / 37.7435414; -119.2815367Coordinates: 37°44′37″N 119°16′54″W / 37.7435414°N 119.2815367°W / 37.7435414; -119.2815367[2]
Topo map	USGS Mount Lyell
Climbing
First ascent	1883 by Hillard Johnson[3]
Easiest route	Scramble with exposure, (class 3)[3]

Mount Maclure is the nearest neighbor to Mount Lyell, the highest point in Yosemite National Park. Mount Maclure is located at the southeast end of the Cathedral Range, about 0.6 miles (0.97 km) northwest of Lyell. It is named for William Maclure,^[4] was a pioneer in American geology, who produced one of the earliest geological maps of the United States. Maclure Glacier, one of the last remaining glaciers in Yosemite, is situated on the mountain's norther flank.

The easiest climbing route leaves the John Muir Trail about 8.5 miles (13.7 km) south of Tuolumne Meadows and traverses the Maclure Glacier to the summit.^[5]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Mount Maclure, California". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=2628. Retrieved 2009-07-03. 
2. ^ "Mount Maclure". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1659031. Retrieved 2009-07-03. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Roper, Steve (1976). The Climber's Guide to the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. pp. 94, 333. ISBN 0-87156-147-6. 
4. ^ 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/m.html. Retrieved 2009-08-14. 
5. ^ "Mount Maclure". SummitPost.org. http://www.summitpost.org/page/151441. Retrieved 2011-06-01.