| Mount Sill | |
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 Climbers on the snow field below Mount Sill, July 2006. | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 14,159 ft (4,316 m) NAVD 88[1] |
| Prominence | 353 ft (108 m)[1] |
| Parent peak | North Palisade[2] |
| Listing |
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| Coordinates | 37°05′46″N118°30′13″W / 37.0960543°N 118.5035056°W /37.0960543; -118.5035056[6] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Sill California | |
| Location | Fresno andInyo counties,California,U.S. |
| Parent range | Sierra Nevada |
| Topo map | USGS North Palisade |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | July 24, 1903 byJames S. Hutchinson,Joseph N. LeConte, James Moffitt, Robert Pike[7] |
| Easiest route | Glacier climb & rock scramble |
Mount Sill is one of thefourteeners of theSierra Nevada in California. It is located in thePalisades, a group of prominent rock peaks with a few smallglaciers on their flanks. Mount Sill is located 0.6 miles (1 km) east ofNorth Palisade, the high point of the group. The two peaks are connected by a high, rocky ridge, on the north side of which lies thePalisade Glacier. Mount Sill lies on the mainSierra Crest, but is at a point where the crest turns sharply, giving it particularly striking summit views. On one side isKings Canyon National Park andFresno County; on the other is theJohn Muir Wilderness,Inyo National Forest andInyo County.
Routes on Mount Sill are found on all sides of the peak and range in difficulty fromscrambles (class 2-3) to a moderatelytechnical rock climbs (class 5.7).[8]
The mountain is called Nen-i-mish ("the Guardian of the Valley") by the Indigenous NorthernPaiute people.[6][8] Its English name was coined, in 1904, byJoseph LeConte, a notedmountaineer, in honor of American poetEdward Rowland Sill.[9]
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