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Crater Mountain (California)

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of the summit was made July 19, 1922, by W. H. Ink, Meyers Butte, Frank Baxter, and Captain Wallace. This mountain has no crater as the name implies.
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is significant as the west aspect rises 2,000 feet (610 meters) in less than one mile. The approach to this remote peak is made via the
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Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification".
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is a 12,874-foot-elevation (3,924-meter) mountain summit located west of the crest of the
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from the mountain drains to Woods Creek which is a tributary of the
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Fred L. Jones, A Climber’s Guide to the High Sierra (1954)
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which passes below the east aspect of the mountain. The
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Index


Elevation
Prominence
Parent peak
Mount Ickes
Isolation
Coordinates
36°55′21″N 118°25′16″W / 36.9224799°N 118.4209834°W / 36.9224799; -118.4209834
Crater Mountain is located in California
Crater Mountain is located in the United States
California
Fresno
Kings Canyon National Park
Parent range
Sierra Nevada
Topo map
USGS
Type of rock
metamorphic
First ascent
Easiest route
class 2
Sierra Nevada
Fresno County
California
Kings Canyon National Park
Independence
Pinchot Pass
Mount Ickes
Mount Wynne

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