Mount Linn, at , is the easternmost summit of South Yolla Bolly Mountain, and is located in the Yolla Bolly Mountains of the Northern Coast Ranges and sibling
Klamath Mountains System, in
Tehama County
Tehama County ( ; Wintun for "high water") is a county located in the northern part of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 65,829. The county seat and largest city is Red Bluff.
Tehama County comprises th ...
, northwestern
California
California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
. Mt. Linn is the highest peak in the northern California Coast Ranges south of the Trinity Alps and, along with the highest peaks of the Trinity Alps, the tallest coastal range peak within the coterminous forty-eight states. Mt. Linn is the third most prominent peak in the northern Pacific Coast Ranges behind Mt. Eddy and Caesar Peaks in the Trinity Alps and Mt. Olympus of Washington's Olympic Mountains.
Mt. Linn is protected within the
Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness Yolla may refer to:
* Yolla gas field, Bass Strait, Australia
* Yolla, Tasmania, Australia
** Yolla District High School
** Yolla Football Club
* Yolla, Tasmanian Aboriginal word for short-tailed shearwater
* Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness, wild ...
, in the
Shasta-Trinity National Forest section.
Geography
The summit of Mount Linn is the highest point in the Northern
California Coast Ranges
The Coast Ranges of California span from Del Norte or Humboldt County, California, south to Santa Barbara County. The other three coastal California mountain ranges are the Transverse Ranges, Peninsular Ranges and the Klamath Mountains.
P ...
segment of the Coastal Crest, south of the
Trinity Alps
The Trinity Alps are a mountain range in Trinity County and Siskiyou County in Northern California. They are a subrange of the Klamath Mountains located to the north of Weaverville.
Geography
The Trinity Alps are within the Pacific Coast Ran ...
range's high peaks, also in the Klamath Mountains System.
The elevation of the mountain ensures it receives heavy winter snowfall and it has low average annual temperature near the summit.
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A
tarn named
Square Lake is located in a
cirque
A (; from the Latin word ') is an amphitheatre-like valley formed by glacial erosion. Alternative names for this landform are corrie (from Scottish Gaelic , meaning a pot or cauldron) and (; ). A cirque may also be a similarly shaped landform ...
on Mount Linn's north slope.
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The cirque was carved by glaciers during the
Ice Age
An ice age is a long period of reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental and polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers. Earth's climate alternates between ice ages and gree ...
.
The mountain was named by
John C. Frémont
John Charles Frémont or Fremont (January 21, 1813July 13, 1890) was an American explorer, military officer, and politician. He was a U.S. Senator from California and was the first Republican nominee for president of the United States in 1856 ...
in honor of
Lewis F. Linn
Lewis Fields Linn (November 5, 1796October 3, 1843) was a physician and politician who represented his home state of Missouri in the United States Senate from 1833 to his death.
Early life
Linn was born near Louisville, Kentucky on November 5, 17 ...
, a senator from Missouri, who played an important role in the acquisition of the
Oregon Territory.
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See also
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References
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Mountains of Tehama County, California
Klamath Mountains
Shasta-Trinity National Forest
North American 2000 m summits
Mountains of Northern California
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