Hunewill Peak is a mountain with a summit elevation of located in the
Sierra Nevada
The Sierra Nevada () is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin. The vast majority of the range lies in the state of California, although the Carson Range spur lies primarily ...
mountain range, in
Mono County of northern
California
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, United States.
The summit is set in
Hoover Wilderness
The Hoover Wilderness is a wilderness area in the Inyo and Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forests. It lies to the east of the crest of the central Sierra Nevada in California, to the north and east of Yosemite National Park - a long strip stretchin ...
on land managed by
Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest. The peak is situated approximately four miles west of
Twin Lakes, 1.3 mile southwest of
Victoria Peak, and 2.4 miles southwest of
line parent A peak's line parent is the closest higher peak on the highest ridge leading away from the peak's "key col". A col is the lowest point on the ridge between two summits and is roughly synonymous with pass, gap, saddle and notch. The highest col of ...
Eagle Peak Eagle Peak is the name of 44 mountain peaks of the United States including:
* Eagle Peak (Alaska)
* Eagle Peak (Admiralty Island), in Alaska
*Eagle Peak (Washington), a summit in Mount Rainier National Park
*Eagle Peak (Mariposa County, California), ...
. Precipitation
runoff
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from this mountain drains into tributaries of Robinson and Buckeye Creeks, which are within the
Walker River
The Walker River is a river in west-central Nevada in the United States, approximately long. Fed principally by snowmelt from the Sierra Nevada of California, it drains an arid portion of the Great Basin southeast of Reno and flows into the endor ...
drainage basin.
Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises over above Robinson Creek in approximately .
History
Hunewill Peak is the toponym officially adopted in 1962 by the
U.S. Board on Geographic Names
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to remember Napoleon Bonaparte "N. B." Hunewill (1828–1908), a pioneer who operated the Eagle Creek Lumber Mill in this area in the 1860s and supplied timber to build the mining town of
Bodie
Bodie ( ) is a ghost town in the Bodie Hills east of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada mountain range in Mono County, California, United States. It is about southeast of Lake Tahoe, and east-southeast of Bridgeport, California, Bridgepo ...
.
The
first ascent
In mountaineering, a first ascent (abbreviated to FA in guide books) is the first successful, documented attainment of the top of a mountain or the first to follow a particular climbing route. First mountain ascents are notable because they en ...
of the summit was made in 1946 by Ken Crowley, R. Dickey Jr., Ken Hargreaves, and H. Watty.
[R.J. Secor (2009), ''The High Sierra: Peaks, Passes, Trails'', Mountaineers Books, , p. 476]
Climate
According to the
Köppen climate classification
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system, Hunewill Peak is located in an
alpine climate
Alpine climate is the typical weather (climate) for elevations above the tree line, where trees fail to grow due to cold. This climate is also referred to as a mountain climate or highland climate.
Definition
There are multiple definitions of ...
zone.
Most
weather fronts originate in the
Pacific Ocean
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, and travel east toward the Sierra Nevada mountains. As fronts approach, they are forced upward by the peaks (
orographic lift), causing moisture in the form of rain or snowfall to drop onto the range.
See also
*
List of mountain peaks of California
Gallery
File:Hunewill, Victoria, Eagle.jpg, Hunewill Peak (left), Victoria Peak (centered), Eagle Peak (right).
View looking north from The Incredible Hulk.
File:Hunewill Peak aerial.jpg, Aerial view of north aspect of Hunewill Peak (centered).
Buckeye Creek Canyon in lower left.
References
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External links
* Weather forecast
Hunewill Peak* N. B. Hunewil
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Mountains of Mono County, California
North American 3000 m summits
Mountains of Northern California
Sierra Nevada (United States)
Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest