Kettle Peak
Southwest aspect, from Snow Lake
Highest point
Elevation11,010 ft (3,356 m)[1]
Prominence720 ft (219 m)[2]
Parent peakSlide Mountain (11,084 ft)[3]
Isolation1.31 mi (2.11 km)[3]
ListingVagmarken Club Sierra Crest List[4]
Coordinates38°07′23″N 119°25′43″W / 38.1229446°N 119.4285902°W / 38.1229446; -119.4285902[5]
Geography
Kettle Peak is located in California
Kettle Peak
Kettle Peak
Location in California
Kettle Peak is located in the United States
Kettle Peak
Kettle Peak
Kettle Peak (the United States)
LocationMono County, California, U.S.
Parent rangeSierra Nevada
Topo mapUSGS Matterhorn Peak
Geology
Age of rockCretaceous
Mountain typeFault block
Type of rockGranodiorite[6]
Climbing
First ascent1948
Easiest routeclass 2 via Ice Lake Pass[1]

Kettle Peak is a mountain with a summit elevation of 11,010 feet (3,356 m) located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Mono County of northern California, United States.[5] The summit is set in the Hoover Wilderness on land managed by Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest, and is less than one-half mile outside the boundary of Yosemite National Park. The peak is situated approximately three miles southwest of Twin Lakes, three miles south of Victoria Peak, 2.9 miles northeast of Crown Point, and 3.1 miles northwest of Matterhorn Peak. Topographic relief is significant as the west aspect rises over 2,600 feet (790 meters) above Robinson Creek in one mile.

History

Kettle Peak is the toponym officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names for this 11,000-foot summit, which should not be confused with another Kettle Peak (10,000 ft) located in California's Sequoia National Park. This toponym was likely applied by the United States Geological Survey during a 1905–09 survey and it appears on the first edition of the 1911 Bridgeport Quadrangle map.[7]

The first ascent of the summit was made in August 1948 by William Dunmire and Robert L. Swift.[8]

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Kettle Peak is located in an alpine climate zone.[9] 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, causing moisture in the form of rain or snowfall to drop onto the range (orographic lift). Precipitation runoff from this mountain drains into tributaries of Robinson Creek which is a tributary of the Walker River.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 R.J. Secor (2009), The High Sierra: Peaks, Passes, Trails, Mountaineers Books, ISBN 9781594857386
  2. ↑ "Kettle Peak, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  3. 1 2 "Kettle Peak - 11,020' CA". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  4. ↑ "Vagmarken Sierra Crest List". Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  5. 1 2 "Kettle Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  6. ↑ Elizabeth Wenk (2021), Yosemite National Park: Your Complete Hiking Guide, Wilderness Press, ISBN 9780899977867
  7. ↑ Peter Browning (1986), Place Names of the Sierra Nevada: From Abbot to Zumwalt, Wilderness Press, ISBN 9780899970479, p. 119.
  8. ↑ Swift, Robert L.; Nelson, David A. (1954). "A Climber's Guide to the High Sierra".
  9. ↑ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN 1027-5606.
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