Mount Keith
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Mount Keith is a mountain on the crest of California's Sierra Nevada, between Mount Bradley to the north, and Junction Peak to the southwest. Its north and west facing slopes feed the Kings River watershed by way of Bubbs Creek, and its east and south slopes feed the Owens River via Shepherd Creek. By the same dividing line, Keith stands on the boundary of Kings Canyon National Park to the northwest, and the John Muir Wilderness to the southeast.[1] It is a thirteener, a mountain which has a height over 13000 feet.
The peak was named for artist and Sierra Club member, William Keith, by Helen Gompertz (later Helen LeConte) in July 1896.[6]
The first ascending party consisted of Cornelius Beach Bradley, Jennie and Robert Price, and Joseph Shinn. Scrambling over boulders and scree from the upper lakes of Center Basin, they made the summit by the Northwest Face route on July 6, 1898.[7]
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See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Mount Keith, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
- ^ "Shepherd Pass". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
- ^ "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved 2011-06-01.
- ^ "Western States Climbers Qualifying Peak List". Climber.org. Retrieved 2021-11-27.
- ^ "Mt Keith". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved 2011-06-01.
- ^ a b Farquhar, Francis P. (1926). Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
- ^ a b Secor, R.J. (2009). The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails (3rd ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers. pp. 146–147. ISBN 978-0898869712.
External links
- "Mount Keith". SummitPost.org.
- "Mount Keith". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
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