Mount Warren (California)

Mount Warren
South aspect, seen from Mt. Dana
Highest point
Elevation	12,327 ft (3,757 m)[1]
Prominence	2,007 ft (612 m)[2]
Parent peak	Mount Conness (12,590 ft)[3]
Isolation	5.07 mi (8.16 km)[3]
Listing	Sierra Peaks Section Highest major summits of the US
Coordinates	37°59′24″N 119°13′24″W[4]
Naming
Etymology	Gouverneur K. Warren
Geography
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Location	Mono County, California, U.S.
Parent range	Sierra Nevada
Topo map	USGS Mount Dana
Climbing
First ascent	<1868 by Vitus Wackenreuder[5]
Easiest route	class 2[5] North and SW slopes

Mount Warren is a 12,327-foot-elevation (3,757 meter) summit located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Mono County, California, United States.^[4] The mountain is set within the Hoover Wilderness, on land managed by Inyo National Forest. The peak is situated 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of Gilcrest Peak, 1.8 miles (2.9 km) northwest of Lee Vining Peak, and 5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of Excelsior Mountain, which is the nearest higher neighbor. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 5,955 feet (1,815 meters) above Mono Lake in 4.5 miles.

History

The mountain's toponym was officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names to honor Gouverneur K. Warren (1830–1882), topographer and United States Army general during the American Civil War.^[4][6] Mt. Warren is labeled on the 1901 Bridgeport Quadrangle map.

The first ascent of the summit was made by Vitus Wackenreuder, a cartographer with the California Geological Survey, sometime during the 1860s before 1868.^[1]

Climate

Mount Warren is located in an alpine climate zone.^[7] Most weather fronts originate in the Pacific Ocean, and travel east toward the Sierra Nevada mountains. As fronts approach, they are forced upward by the peaks (orographic lift), causing moisture in the form of rain or snowfall to drop onto the range. Precipitation runoff from this mountain drains to Mono Lake.

See also

• List of mountain peaks of California

Gallery

• 
  Mt. Warren (right of center), from Mono Lake.
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  North aspect of Mt. Warren (center), Gilcrest Peak (right), from Conway Summit
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  Mt. Warren (left), Gilcrest Peak (right), from Conway Summit
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  Lee Vining Peak (centered) seen from Mono Lake. Mount Warren to the right.
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  Lee Vining Peak and Mount Warren (right, with snowfields) seen from Mono Lake.
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  Mt. Warren centered in the distance, from Mono Lake.

References

1. R. J. Secor, The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, Trails, 2009, Third Edition, Mountaineers Books, ISBN 9781594857386, page 438.
2. "Mount Warren, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
3. "Warren, Mount - 12,327' CA". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
4. "Mount Warren". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
5. Swift, Robert L.; Nelson, David A. (1954). "A Climber's Guide to the High Sierra".
6. Francis Peloubet Farquhar (1926), Place Names of the High Sierra, Publisher: Sierra Club, p. 101
7. "Climate of the Sierra Nevada". Encyclopædia Britannica.