Parent peak Chip Peak Elevation 3,512 m First ascender Clarence King Parent range Clark Range | Topo map USGS Merced Peak Prominence 220 m Easiest route Rock climbing | |
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Listing SPS Mountaineers peak
Western States Climbers Star peak Location Yosemite National Park
Mariposa County, California, U.S. First ascent 1866 by Clarence King and James T. Gardiner Mountain range Sierra Nevada, Clark Range Similar Mount Starr King, Merced Peak, Mount Hoffmann, Liberty Cap, Mount Lyell | ||
Mount Clark is a 11,527-foot (3,513 m) granite peak in the Clark Range, a sub-range of the Sierra Nevada. It is a popular destination for mountaineers.
Map of Mt Clark, California, USA
Both the mountain and the range are named in honor of Galen Clark, an early explorer and the first guardian of Yosemite National Park. Before it received its present name, it was known as Gothic Peak and then The Obelisk, the name used by the Whitney Survey. Obelisk Lake, at 9,853 feet (3,003 m) lies on the mountain's northeast flank.
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Mount Clark (California) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA