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Mount Winchell
Mount Winchell's East Arête route, October 2007.
Highest point
Elevation	13,781 ft (4,200 m) NAVD 88
Prominence	655 ft (200 m)
Parent peak	Mount Agassiz
Listing	Sierra Peaks Section
Coordinates	37°06′16″N 118°31′33″W / 37.1045114°N 118.5259582°W / 37.1045114; -118.5259582
Geography
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Location	Fresno and Inyo counties, California, U.S.
Parent range	Sierra Nevada
Topo map	USGS North Palisade
Climbing
First ascent	June 10, 1923 by Harvey C. Mansfield, John M. Newell, and Windsor B. Putnam
Easiest route	East Arête, class 3 scramble

Mount Winchell, a thirteener, is among the thirty highest peaks of California. It is in the Palisades region of the Sierra Nevada, on the Sierra Crest between Mount Agassiz and Thunderbolt Peak.

Geography

The Inyo-Kern County line follows Winchell's northwest-southeast ridges. Hydrologically, this same boundary divides the Big Pine Creek drainage from Dusy Basin, part of the Kings River's headwaters. Its west slopes fall within Kings Canyon National Park, while its east slopes are in the John Muir Wilderness of the Inyo National Forest.

History

Two mountain peaks in the vicinity were christened Mount Winchell during the 1870s, but neither of them were present day Mount Winchell. The United States Geological Survey applied the name to the present peak. The name's original application was made by Elisha Winchell for his cousin, Alexander Witchell, who was a founding member of the Geological Society of America.

The first recorded climb of Mount Winchell was by Harvey C. Mansfield, Sr., John M. Newell, and Windsor B. Putnam, in June 1923. Their route, a class 3 scramble up the east arête, is the least technical route. The first known winter climb by Norman Clyde, Morgan Harris, and David Brower used this same route in January 1938.

See also

• Mountain peaks of California
• Palisades of the Sierra Nevada
• Thirteener

References

1. ^ "Mount Winchell, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved August 9, 2009.
2. "Agassiz Col". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
3. "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved February 22, 2008.
4. "Mount Winchell". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved December 10, 2008.
5. ^ Farquhar, Francis P. (1926). Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club. Retrieved August 9, 2009.
6. ^ Secor, R.J. (2009). The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails (3rd ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers. pp. 259–261. ISBN 978-0898869712.
7. Mount Winchell (Map). Acme Mapper. Retrieved March 24, 2016.

External links

• "Mount Winchell". SummitPost.org. Retrieved June 3, 2011.

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