Mount Dade Explained

Mount Dade
Elevation:13600feet
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence Ft:200
Parent Peak:Mount Abbot (13,710 ft)[2]
Listing:Sierra Peaks Section
Map:California#USA
Map Size:260
Label Position:left
Range:Sierra Nevada
Coordinates:37.3819°N -118.7795°W
Coordinates Ref:[3]
Topo:USGS Mount Abbot
Rock:granite
First Ascent:August 19, 1911 by Liston and McKeen[4]
Easiest Route:[5]

Mount Dade is a mountain located on the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in northern California, United States.[3] It is situated in the John Muir Wilderness on the boundary between Sierra National Forest and Inyo National Forest, and along the common border of Fresno County with Inyo County. It is one mile west of Dade Lake, and approximately west of the community of Bishop. Nearby neighbors include Mount Abbot, 0.4 mile to the northwest, and Bear Creek Spire 1.2 mile to the southeast. The USGS probably named this peak during a 1907–09 survey, and the first ascent was made August 19, 1911, by Liston and McKeen, of Fresno.[6]

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Dade is located in an alpine climate zone.[7] 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 them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall onto the range (orographic lift). Precipitation runoff from the west side of this mountain drains into Lake Italy, and from the east side into headwaters of Rock Creek.

Climbing

Established rock climbing routes on Mount Dade:[5]

See also

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Notes and References

  1. 2667. Mount Dade, California. 2021-04-10.
  2. 32285 . Dade, Mount . 2021-11-24.
  3. 1658366. Mount Dade. 2021-04-10.
  4. Book: Browning, Peter . Place Names of the Sierra Nevada . . 1986 . Berkley . 51 . 978-0899970479.
  5. 1 . 258.
  6. Peter Browning, Place Names of the Sierra Nevada From Abbot to Zumwalt, 1986, Wilderness Press,, page 51.
  7. Peel, M. C. . Finlayson, B. L. . McMahon, T. A. . 2007 . Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification . Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. . 11 . 1027-5606.
  8. Web site: Mount Dade Rock Climbing . Mountain Project . 2021-11-24.