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Mount Sill
Climbers on the snow field below Mount Sill, July 2006.
Highest point
Elevation	14,159 ft (4,316 m) NAVD 88
Prominence	353 ft (108 m)
Parent peak	North Palisade
Listing	California fourteeners 6th SPS Mountaineers peak Western States Climbers Star peak
Coordinates	37°05′46″N 118°30′13″W / 37.0960543°N 118.5035056°W / 37.0960543; -118.5035056
Geography
Mount SillCalifornia
Location	Fresno and Inyo counties, California, U.S.
Parent range	Sierra Nevada
Topo map	USGS North Palisade
Climbing
First ascent	July 24, 1903 by James S. Hutchinson, Joseph N. LeConte, James Moffitt, Robert Pike
Easiest route	Glacier climb & rock scramble

Mount Sill is one of the fourteeners of the Sierra Nevada in California. It is located in the Palisades, a group of prominent rock peaks with a few small glaciers on their flanks. Mount Sill is located 0.6 miles (1 km) east of North Palisade, the high point of the group. The two peaks are connected by a high, rocky ridge, on the north side of which lies the Palisade Glacier. Mount Sill lies on the main Sierra Crest, but is at a point where the crest turns sharply, giving it particularly striking summit views. On one side is Kings Canyon National Park and Fresno County; on the other is the John Muir Wilderness, Inyo National Forest and Inyo County.

Routes on Mount Sill are found on all sides of the peak and range in difficulty from scrambles (class 2-3) to a moderately technical rock climbs (class 5.7).

The mountain is called Nen-i-mish ("the Guardian of the Valley") by the Indigenous Northern Paiute people. Its English name was coined, in 1904, by Joseph LeConte, a noted mountaineer, in honor of American poet Edward Rowland Sill.

See also

• List of California fourteeners
• The Palisades of the Sierra Nevada
• Mount Gayley

References

1. ^ "Mount Sill, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved February 9, 2009.
2. "Key Col for Mount Sill". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
3. "California 14,000-foot Peaks". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
4. "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved February 9, 2009.
5. "Western States Climbers Qualifying Peak List". Climber.org. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
6. ^ "Mount Sill". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved February 9, 2009.
7. Roper, Steve (1976). The Climber's Guide to the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. p. 349. ISBN 978-0871561473.
8. ^ Secor, R.J. (2009). The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails (3rd ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers. ISBN 978-0898869712.
9. Farquhar, Francis P. (1926). Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club. Retrieved February 9, 2009.

External links

• "Mount Sill". SummitPost.org.
• [REDACTED] Media related to Mount Sill at Wikimedia Commons

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