Mount Tyndall
East aspect
Highest point
Elevation	14,025 ft (4,275 m) NAVD 88[1]
Prominence	1,092 ft (333 m)[1]
Parent peak	Mount Williamson[2]
Listing	California fourteeners 10th[3] Sierra Peaks Section[4] John Muir Wilderness Area Western States Climbers Star peak[5]
Coordinates	36°39′21″N118°20′14″W / 36.6557436°N 118.3372726°W /36.6557436; -118.3372726[6]
Geography
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Location	Sequoia National Park John Muir Wilderness Area Inyo /Tulare counties,California,U.S.
Parent range	Sierra Nevada
Topo map	USGS Mount Williamson
Climbing
First ascent	July 6, 1864 by Clarence King and Richard Cotter[7]
Easiest route	Scramble,class 2[7]

Mount Tyndall is a peak in theMount Whitney region of theSierra Nevada in theU.S. state ofCalifornia. At 14,025 feet (4,275 m), it is the tenth highest peak in the state. The mountain was named in honor of the Irish scientist and mountaineer,John Tyndall.^[8]

Tyndall lies on theSierra Crest, which in this region forms the boundary between theJohn Muir Wilderness and theInyo National Forest on the east, andSequoia National Park on the west; and the boundary betweenInyo andTulare counties. Mount Tyndall is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of the higherMount Williamson, and about 6 miles (9.7 km) north-northeast of Mount Whitney.

Mount Tyndall was first climbed on July 6, 1864, byClarence King andRichard Cotter who were members of theCalifornia Geological Survey and under the overall direction ofJosiah Whitney and the field leadership ofWilliam Brewer. King and Cotter were attempting to make the first ascent of Mount Whitney, and had made a long trek fromKings Canyon, only to realize months later that they had climbed the wrong peak.^[7]

The easiest route on Mount Tyndall in terms of access and climbing is the Northwest Ridge, which involves an easyscramble (class 2). It begins about one half mile (0.8 km) west of Shepherd Pass and about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the peak. Other non-technical routes exist on the gently sloped west side of the peak. At least two significant technical routes lie on the much steeper east face; the first of these routes was climbed by noted mountaineerFred Beckey and Charlie Raymond in 1970.^[7]

• List of California fourteeners

• "Mount Tyndall".SummitPost.org.
• King, Clarence (1871).Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada (1905 ed.).New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.ISBN 0-585-27432-0.{{cite book}}:ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) In Chapter 3 of the free online version of this book, King gives an account of the first ascent of Mount Tyndall.

• Fourteeners of California
• Mountains of Sequoia National Park
• Mountains of the John Muir Wilderness
• Mountains of Inyo County, California
• Mountains of Tulare County, California

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