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Mount Irvine (California)

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Mountain in the American state of California

Mount Irvine
Mt. Irvine centered, from Mt. Whitney
Highest point
Elevation13,786+ ft (4222+ m) NAVD 88
Prominence197 ft (60 m)
Parent peakMount Mallory
Listing
Coordinates36°33′21″N 118°15′49″W / 36.5559097°N 118.2635395°W / 36.5559097; -118.2635395
Geography
Mount Irvine is located in CaliforniaMount IrvineMount Irvine
LocationInyo County, California, U.S.
Parent rangeSierra Nevada
Topo mapUSGS Mount Whitney
Climbing
First ascent1925 by Norman Clyde
Easiest routeSoutheast Slope, class 2

Mount Irvine is a mountain in the Sierra Nevada of California. The summit is in the Inyo National Forest and the John Muir Wilderness. The peak was named in memory of Andrew Irvine, of the 1924 British Mount Everest expedition, who perished on Mount Everest, June, 1924. Norman Clyde proposed Irvine's and George H. Leigh Mallory's names following their loss after attaining the highest altitude reached by a mountaineer.

Geography

Mount Irvine is located southeast of Mount Whitney, and is flanked to the south by Mount Mallory. The summit is a quarter mile east of the Sierra Crest, in Inyo County.

Climbing

There are several routes typically used to climb Mount Irvine. The southeast slope, reached from Richins Pass, presents the most obvious route, but the mountain is often climbed in conjunction with Mount Mallory by way of a class 2 traverse.

Northwest aspect, from Trail Camp

See also

References

  1. ^ "Mount Irvine, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  2. "Arc Pass". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  3. ^ "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved September 11, 2009.
  4. "Western States Climbers Qualifying Peak List". Retrieved March 24, 2016.
  5. ^ "Mount Irvine". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  6. ^ Farquhar, Francis P. (1926). Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club. Retrieved September 11, 2009.
  7. Secor, R.J. (2009). The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails (3rd ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers. pp. 60–61. ISBN 978-0898869712.

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