Mount Hooper is a 12,349-foot-elevation (3,764 meter) mountain

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located west of the crest of the

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mountain range in Fresno County of northern

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, United States. It is set within the John Muir Wilderness, on land managed by

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. It is situated west of

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, southwest of

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, and west-northwest of Mount Senger. Hooper ranks as the 326th-highest summit in California, and topographic relief is significant as the summit rises over above Florence Lake in approximately four miles. The John Muir Trail traverses the east slope of the mountain, providing an approach option.

History

The mountain was named by R. B. Marshall of the

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probably during the 1907–09 USGS survey, and officially adopted in 1911 by the

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to honor Major William Burchell Hooper (October 8, 1836 – July 16, 1903), proprietor of the Occidental Hotel in San Francisco.Francis P. Farquhar, Place Names of the High Sierra (1926)
/ref> Marshall also named nearby Rose Lake (one mile north) for

Rosa Hooper Rose Hooper (1876-1963) was an American painter of Portrait miniature, miniatures. Born in San Francisco, she was the daughter of Col. William B. Hooper, proprietor of the Occidental Hotel in San Francisco, CA, and his wife, Eleanor. The family wa ...

, the daughter of William Hooper and sister of Selden Stuart Hooper, an assistant with the USGS from 1891 to 1898.Francis P. Farquhar, Place Names of the High Sierra (1926)
/ref> Selden Pass, which the John Muir Trail crosses, is one mile east of the peak and was also named by Marshall. The

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of the summit was made in 1929 by Glen Dawson, William D. Horsfall, and John Nixon. Today this peak draws climbing interest because it is included on the Sierra Peaks Section's peak bagging list.

Climate

According to the

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system, Mount Hooper is located in an

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zone. Most weather fronts originate in the

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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 them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall onto the range. Precipitation

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from this mountain drains into the San Joaquin River watershed.

Gallery

File:Hooper mtn.jpg, East aspect File:Mt Hooper.jpg, Hooper from the east

References

External links

* Weather forecast
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History

Climate

See also

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