Vandever Mountain is an mountain summit 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 Tulare County of northern California. It is situated on the shared boundary of Sequoia National Park with Sequoia National Forest, four miles south of

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, and west of Florence Peak, the nearest higher neighbor. Vandever Mountain ranks as the 439th highest summit in California. Topographic relief is significant as the south aspect rises above White Chief Canyon in one mile. The summit can be reached via hiking from Farewell Gap or White Chief Canyon.

History

This mountain's name was officially adopted by the

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to honor William Vandever (1817–1893), California congressman from 1887 to 1891 who introduced bills establishing Sequoia,

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, and

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National Parks.Francis P. Farquhar, Place Names of the High Sierra (1926)
/ref> The name was proposed in the ''Visalia Delta'' newspaper on September 4, 1890.

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Vandever Mountain is located in an alpine climate zone. Most weather fronts originate in the Pacific Ocean, and travel east toward the Sierra Nevada mountains. As fronts approach, they are forced upward by the peaks, causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall onto the range ( orographic lift). Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains north into tributaries of Kaweah River, and south into the Little Kern River.

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Vandever Mountain
Mountains of Tulare County, California Mountains of Sequoia National Park North American 3000 m summits Mountains of Northern California Sierra Nevada (United States) Sequoia National Forest

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