Mount Abbot

Mount Abbot is a mountain in California's Sierra Nevada, in the John Muir Wilderness.[6] It is located between Mount Mills and Mount Dade along the Sierra Crest and straddles the border between Fresno and Inyo counties.

For the mountain in British Columbia, see Mount Abbott (British Columbia).
Mount Abbot
Mount Abbot, showing the north couloir.
Petit Griffon is the gendarme on the right.
Highest point
Elevation13,710 ft (4,180 m) NAVD 88[1]
Prominence864 ft (263 m)[1]
Listing
Coordinates37°23′11″N 118°47′05″W[4]
Geography
Mount Abbot is located in California
Mount Abbot
Mount Abbot
Mount Abbot is located in the United States
Mount Abbot
Mount Abbot
Location Fresno / Inyo counties, California, U.S. 
Parent rangeSierra Nevada
Topo mapUSGS Mount Abbot
Climbing
First ascentJuly 13, 1908 by Joseph N. Le Conte, James S. Hutchinson & Duncan McDuffie[5]
Easiest routeExposed scramble, class 3[2]

The peak was named for Henry Larcom Abbot who, in 1855, was a member of the Williamson party of the Pacific Railroad Surveys in California and Oregon.[5][7] He retired from the United States Army as a brigadier general in 1904.[5]

Sky pilot on Mount Abbot at about 13,000 feet

See also

References
  1. "Mount Abbot, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
  2. "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
  3. "Western States Climbers Qualifying Peak List". Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  4. "Mount Abbot". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
  5. Farquhar, Francis P. (1926). Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
  6. "Mount Abbot". SummitPost.org. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
  7. Erwin G. Gudde; William Bright (10 May 2004). California Place Names: The Origin and Etymology of Current Geographical Names. University of California Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-520-24217-3. Retrieved 2012-04-01.


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