Mount Kaweah

Mount Kaweah is a mountain in California's Sequoia National Park and forms part of the Kaweah Peaks Ridge, a spur of the Great Western Divide which extends south from Triple Divide Peak. It has a summit elevation of 13,807 feet (4,208 m), the highest along the Kaweah ridge.

Mount Kaweah
Mount Kaweah from Red Spur, circa 1932
Highest point
Elevation13,807 ft (4,208 m)  NAVD 88[1]
Prominence2,027 ft (618 m) [1]
Listing
Coordinates36°31′34″N 118°28′42″W [4]
Geography
Parent rangeGreat Western Divide, Sierra Nevada
Topo mapUSGS Triple Divide Peak
Climbing
First ascentSeptember 1881 by Frederick H. Wales, William B. Wallace and James W. A. Wright[5]
Easiest routeHike, class 1[6]

Name

The peak was named for the Kaweah River which has its headwaters to the west of the Kaweah Peaks Ridge. The Kaweahs, however, drain into the Kern River.[1] The Kaweah River was named for the Kawai (or Gā'wia) tribe, members of the Yokuts people. The Yokuts were once known as Mariposa.[7]

Foxtail Pine

A rare pine, the Foxtail Pine, lives on the southern slopes of Mount Kaweah.[8]

Foxtail Pine below Mount Kaweah (2011)

Highest mountain in the southwest Sierra

Mount Kaweah is the highest mountain in the southwest Sierra.[9][10]

See also

References
  1. "Mount Kaweah, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
  2. "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
  3. "Western States Climbers List". Climber.org. Retrieved 2016-03-26.
  4. "Mount Kaweah". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
  5. Farquhar, Francis P. (1926). Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club.
  6. Secor, R.J. (2009). The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails (3rd ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers. p. 116. ISBN 9780898869712.
  7. Browning, Peter (1986). Place Names of the Sierra Nevada. Berkeley: Wilderness Press. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-89997-119-3.
  8. "Photo of the habitat view of Foxtail Pine". All Things Plants. Retrieved 2016-03-26.
  9. Secor, R.J. (2009). The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails (Third ed.). p. 116. ISBN 9781594854811. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
  10. Langenbacher. "Mount Kaweah". summitpost.org. Retrieved 1 July 2017.


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