Mount Sill is one of the fourteeners of the Sierra Nevada in California. It is located in the Palisades, a group of prominent rock peaks with a few small glaciers on their flanks. Mount Sill is located 0.6 miles (1 km) east of North Palisade, the high point of the group. The two peaks are connected by a high, rocky ridge, on the north side of which lies the Palisade Glacier. Mount Sill lies on the main Sierra Crest, but is at a point where the crest turns sharply, giving it particularly striking summit views. On one side is Kings Canyon National Park and Fresno County; on the other is the John Muir Wilderness, Inyo National Forest and Inyo County.
| Mount Sill | |
|---|---|
 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″N 118°30′13″W / 37.0960543°N 118.5035056°W[6] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Sill California | |
| Location | Fresno and Inyo counties, California, U.S. |
| Parent range | Sierra Nevada |
| Topo map | USGS North Palisade |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | July 24, 1903 by James S. Hutchinson, Joseph N. LeConte, James Moffitt, Robert Pike[7] |
| Easiest route | Glacier climb & rock scramble |
Routes on Mount Sill are found on all sides of the peak and range in difficulty from scrambles (class 2-3) to a moderately technical rock climbs (class 5.7).[8]
The mountain is called Nen-i-mish ("the Guardian of the Valley") by the Indigenous Northern Paiute people.[6][8] Its English name was coined, in 1904, by Joseph LeConte, a noted mountaineer, in honor of American poet Edward Rowland Sill.[9]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Mount Sill, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2009-02-09.
- ^ "Key Col for Mount Sill". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
- ^ "California 14,000-foot Peaks". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
- ^ "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved 2009-02-09.
- ^ "Western States Climbers Qualifying Peak List". Climber.org. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
- ^ a b "Mount Sill". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-02-09.
- ^ Roper, Steve (1976). The Climber's Guide to the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. p. 349. ISBN 978-0871561473.
- ^ a b Secor, R.J. (2009). The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails (3rd ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers. ISBN 978-0898869712.
- ^ Farquhar, Francis P. (1926). Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club. Retrieved 2009-02-09.
External links
edit- "Mount Sill". SummitPost.org.
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