Mount Huntington | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 12,355 ft (3,766 m) NGVD 29 [1] |
Prominence | 514 ft (157 m) [1] |
Coordinates | 37°28′11″N 118°46′39″W / 37.4696560°N 118.7776248°W [2] |
Geography | |
Mono County, California, U.S. | |
Parent range | Sierra Nevada |
Topo map | USGS Mount Abbot |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1934 by David Brower, Norman Clyde, and Hervey Voge [3] |
Mount Huntington is a mountain in the John Muir Wilderness north of Kings Canyon National Park. It is one of four peaks that surround Pioneer Basin, 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of Mount Crocker, 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of Mount Hopkins, and 1.8 miles (2.9 km) south-southwest of Mount Stanford. [2] The mountain was named for Collis Potter Huntington, one of the builders of the Central Pacific Railroad. [4]
According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Huntington is located in an alpine climate zone. [5] Most weather fronts originate in the Pacific Ocean, and travel east toward the Sierra Nevada mountains. As fronts approach, they are forced upward by the peaks ( orographic lift), causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall onto the range.