Mount Eisen is a
double summit
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mountain located on the
Great Western Divide
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of the
Sierra Nevada
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mountain range, in
Tulare County of northern
California.
It is situated in
Sequoia National Park, south of
Lippincott Mountain. Mount Eisen ranks as the 380th highest summit in California.
is significant as the south aspect rises above Pinto Lake in one mile. The summit can be reached from the southeast ridge via a long hike from Black Rock Pass.
History
This mountain was named by the
National Park Service, and officially adopted in 1941 by the
United States Board on Geographic Names
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to remember
Gustav Eisen
Gustavus Augustus Eisen (August 2, 1847 − October 29, 1940) was a Swedish-American polymath. He became a member of California Academy of Sciences in 1874 and a Life Member in 1883. In 1893, he became the 'Curator of Archaeology, Ethnology, and ...
(1847–1940), scientist and early conservationist, who played an important role in the establishment of Sequoia National Park.
He was a
Sierra Club
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member for 48 years, and his ashes are interred on the north side of the mountain near
Redwood Meadow. The
first ascent of the summit was made July 15, 1949, by Howard Parker, Mildred Jentsch, Ralph Youngberg, and Martha Ann McDuffie.
Mildred Jentsch and Arthur J. Reyman, A Climber’s Guide to the High Sierra (1954)
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Climate
According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Eisen is located in an alpine climate zone.runoff
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from the mountain drains west into tributaries of Kaweah River, and east to Big Arroyo, which is a tributary of the Kern River.
Gallery
File:Sunset Alpenglow.jpg, Lippincott Mountain (left), Mount Eisen (right), seen at sunset from Bearpaw Meadow High Sierra Camp
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Weather permitting, it is open mid June to mid Septem ...
File:Mountains of Great Western Divide.jpg, Great Western Divide seen from Moro Rock, Mt. Eisen furthest right
File:Mt. Eisen.jpg, Eisen alpenglow
See also
* List of mountain peaks of California
References
External links
* Weather forecast
Mount Eisen
Gustav Eisen photo and biography
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Mountains of Tulare County, California
Mountains of Sequoia National Park
North American 3000 m summits
Mountains of Northern California
Sierra Nevada (United States)