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civic leader, and conservationist, who was instrumental in the creation of Kings Canyon National Park. Each year from 1913 through 1930 he used his 30-day vacations to visit the High Sierras between Yosemite and Mount Whitney. He was California Highway Commissioner from 1943 through 1961, and also
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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 13,206-foot-elevation (4,025 meter) mountain summit located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of the crest of the
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named after him. The mountain's name was officially adopted in 1969 by the
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Hearing Before the Subcommittee of Public Lands H.R. 9142, 1959, page 97
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of the summit was made in 1926 by Nathaniel Goodrich and Marjory Hurd.
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The mountain is named after Chester H. Warlow (1889–1963), attorney,
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Mt. Warlow (left) and Mt. Fiske (right) seen from Helen Lake
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from this mountain drains southeast into headwaters of the
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Index


Elevation
Prominence
Parent peak
Mount Fiske
Isolation
Coordinates
37°07′42″N 118°40′29″W / 37.1284231°N 118.6747173°W / 37.1284231; -118.6747173
Etymology
Mount Warlow is located in California
Mount Warlow is located in the United States
Kings Canyon National Park
Fresno County
California, U.S.
Parent range
Sierra Nevada
Topo map
USGS
Type of rock
granite
First ascent
Easiest route
class 2
Sierra Nevada
Fresno County
California
Kings Canyon National Park
Muir Pass
Mount Huxley
Mount Fiske

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