Parsons Peak (California)
| Parsons Peak | ||
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| height | 3704 m | |
| location | California , United States | |
| Mountains | Sierra Nevada | |
| Coordinates | 37 ° 46 '37 " N , 119 ° 18' 28" W | |
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| First ascent | Marion Randall Parsons, before 1931 | |
Parsons Peak is a mountain in Yosemite National Park , in the Cathedral Range of California's Sierra Nevada . The summit is on the border between Madera County and Tuolumne Counties . A ridge northwest of the summit leads to the common border point with Mariposa County , which is also the highest point of this county. Due to the altitude, most of the precipitation falls as snow .
The namesake is the longtime director of the Sierra Club Edward Taylor Parsons.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Steve Roper (1976). The Climber's Guide to the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. pp. 101, 335. ISBN 9780871561473
- ↑ http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=2618 | accessdate = 2009-02-05 http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=2618
- ↑ Subsection M261Eo - Glaciated Batholith . US Forest Service . Archived from the original on August 13, 2007. Retrieved February 5, 2009.
- ↑ http://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/place_names_of_the_high_sierra/p.html Francis P. Farquhar (1926). Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club. Retrieved August 17, 2009.