Corkscrew Peak | |
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Telescope Peak viewed from the beginning of the trail | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 5,804 ft (1,769 m)USGS |
Listing | Sierra Club Desert Peaks |
Coordinates | 36°46′12″N 117°00′14″W / 36.7699°N 117.0040°W / 36.7699; -117.0040 |
Geography | |
Corkscrew PeakCalifornia | |
Location | Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California, U.S. |
Parent range | Amargosa Range |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | Trail from Daylight Pass Road (hike) |
Corkscrew Peak is a peak in the Grapevine Mountains in Death Valley National Park. It is named for its shape, which loosely looks like a corkscrew.
Climbing
The trail starts from Daylight Pass Road. Its length is 5.8 kilometers. It follows a wash for about 3 kilometers, then a small canyon, and finally, a steep (25% average) ridge to the summit.
References
- "Corkscrew Peak".
- "Sierra Club Desert Peaks Section". Retrieved May 28, 2019.
- "Corkscrew Peak : Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering : SummitPost". www.summitpost.org. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
- Grace C. Keroher (1970). Lexicon of Geologic Names of the United States for 1961-1967. U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 174–.
- "Hike Death Valley 2018". www.nps.gov. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
- Cunningham, Bill; Cunningham, Polly (2016). Hiking Death Valley National Park: A Guide to the Park's Greatest Hiking Adventures. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 111. ISBN 9781493028252.