Parent range Sierra Nevada Elevation 4,235 m Mountain range Sierra Nevada | Topo map USGS Mount Williamson Prominence 233 m Parent peak Mount Stanford | |
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Listing SPS Mountaineers peak
Western States Climbers Star peak Location Inyo and Tulare counties, California, U.S. First ascent August 8, 1899 by Edwin Bingham Copeland and E. N. Henderson Easiest route South Face, South Ridge or West Ridge (all class 3 scrambles) Similar Mount Barnard, Mount Keith, Mount McAdie, Mount Mallory, Mount Stanford | ||
Junction Peak is a thirteener in the Sierra Nevada. Joseph Nisbet LeConte chose this name in 1896, noting that it marks the point where the Sierra Crest crosses the water divide of the Kern and Kings rivers. Today it also is the boundary between Inyo and Tulare counties, and of Kings Canyon National Park, Sequoia National Park and the John Muir Wilderness.
Map of Junction Peak, California 93526, USA
Botanist Edwin Bingham Copeland and partner E. N. Henderson were the first climbers known to reach Junction Peak's summit, on August 8, 1899. They pioneered the class 3 South Ridge route, following the exposed ridge from Diamond Mesa to the top of Junction. Over the course of nearly a century, several more class 3 and 4 routes were established. The first winter climb was made by the West Ridge, culminating on March 21, 1973. The first technical climb recorded on Junction was the grade III 5.7 North Buttress route.