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Mount McAdie

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Parent range
  
Sierra Nevada

Elevation
  
4,206 m

Prominence
  
146 m

Mountain range
  
Sierra Nevada

Topo map
  
USGS Mount Whitney

First ascent
  
1922

First ascender
  
Norman Clyde

Parent peak
  
Mount Whitney

Mount McAdie wwwsummitpostorgimagesmedium511344jpg

Listing
  
SPS Mountaineers peak Western States Climbers Star peak

Location
  
Inyo and Tulare counties, California, U.S.

Easiest route
  
Exposed scramble, class 3

Similar
  
Mount Mallory, Mount Barnard, Junction Peak, Norman Clyde Peak, Mount Keith

Mount McAdie is summit on the crest of the Sierra Nevada and is located 2.1 miles (3.4 km) south of Mount Whitney. It has three summits with the north peak being the highest. The summit ridge marks the boundary between Sequoia National Park and the John Muir Wilderness. It is also on the boundary between Inyo and Tulare counties. Lone Pine, 12.4 miles (20.0 km) to the northeast, is in the Owens Valley on U.S. 395.

Map of Mt Mcadie, California, USA

In 1905, the mountain was named in honor of Alexander G. McAdie by James E. Church. McAdie ran the U.S. Weather Bureau in San Francisco at the time, and had visited the summit of Mount Whitney in 1903. The name first appeared on a map in 1956 with the publication of the USGS, 15 minute, Mount Whitney Quadrangle topographic map.

The north summit can be reached from Arc Pass and was first climbed by Norman Clyde in 1922. The west face was first climbed in 1954 and is a class 4 ascent.

References

Mount McAdie Wikipedia