| Mount Winchell | |
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 Mount Winchell's East Arête route, October 2007. | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 13,781 ft (4,200 m) NAVD 88[1] |
| Prominence | 655 ft (200 m)[1] |
| Parent peak | Mount Agassiz[2] |
| Listing | Sierra Peaks Section[3] |
| Coordinates | 37°06′16″N118°31′33″W / 37.1045114°N 118.5259582°W /37.1045114; -118.5259582[4] |
| Geography | |
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| Location | Fresno andInyo counties,California,U.S. |
| Parent range | Sierra Nevada |
| Topo map | USGS North Palisade |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | June 10, 1923 by Harvey C. Mansfield, John M. Newell, and Windsor B. Putnam[5] |
| Easiest route | East Arête,class 3scramble[6] |
Mount Winchell, athirteener, is among the thirty highest peaks of California. It is in thePalisades region of the Sierra Nevada, on theSierra Crest betweenMount Agassiz andThunderbolt Peak.
TheInyo-Kern County line follows Winchell's northwest-southeast ridges.Hydrologically, this same boundary divides theBig Pine Creek drainage from Dusy Basin, part of theKings River's headwaters. Its west slopes fall withinKings Canyon National Park, while its east slopes are in theJohn Muir Wilderness of theInyo National Forest.[7]
Two mountain peaks in the vicinity were christened Mount Winchell during the 1870s, but neither of them were present day Mount Winchell. TheUnited States Geological Survey applied the name to the present peak. The name's original application was made by Elisha Winchell for his cousin, Alexander Witchell,[5] who was a founding member of theGeological Society of America.
The first recorded climb of Mount Winchell was by Harvey C. Mansfield, Sr., John M. Newell, and Windsor B. Putnam, in June 1923.[5] Their route, aclass 3 scramble up the eastarête, is the least technical route. The first known winter climb byNorman Clyde, Morgan Harris, andDavid Brower used this same route in January 1938.[6]
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