Mount Scowden is an 11,182-foot-elevation (3,408 meter)

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located in the

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mountain range, in

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of northern

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, United States. The mountain is set less than three miles east of the Sierra crest, within the Hoover Wilderness, on land managed by

Inyo National Forest Inyo National Forest is a United States National Forest covering parts of the eastern Sierra Nevada of California and the White Mountains of California and Nevada. The forest hosts several superlatives, including Mount Whitney, the highest poi ...

. Mount Scowden is situated in Lundy Canyon, one mile north of line parent Tioga Crest, west of

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, and southeast of Black Mountain.

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is significant as the summit rises above Mill Creek in one mile. Precipitation

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from this mountain drains to Mill Creek, and ultimately

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. The mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the

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and has been in publications since at least 1882. Leo A. Scowden (born 1848) was a mining engineer and United States deputy mineral surveyor for California who resided in

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, Mono County. There were several mining claims on Mt. Scowden in the 1800s which gave rise to the

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camp of

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Mining

Gold and silver mining claims on Mt. Scowden: * May Lundy * Homer * Harrison * Last Chance * Lucky Mortan * Bay Queen * Bryant * Gray Eagle * Gorilla * Parrott * Tamarack * Wolverine * Mono * Ontario Syndicate

Climate

Mount Scowden is located in an

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zone. Most

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s 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 (

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), causing moisture in the form of rain or snowfall to drop onto the range.

Gallery

File:Mt. Scowden.jpg, Northeast aspect of Mt. Scowden File:Mt. Scowden, Lundy Lake.jpg, Northeast aspect of Mt. Scowden seen from Lundy Lake File:Mount Scowden, Sierra Nevada.jpg File:Warren, Gilcrest, Scowden.jpg, Mount Warren in upper left corner. Gilcrest Peak centered. Mount Scowden and Tioga Crest to the right. Lundy Lake below.

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* Weather forecast
Mount Scowden
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Mining

Climate

See also

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