Black Kaweah

Mountain of California's Sierra Nevada, in Sequoia National Park
36°32′43″N 118°30′57″W / 36.5453837°N 118.5158296°W / 36.5453837; -118.5158296[3]GeographyLocationSequoia National Park, Tulare County, California, U.S.Parent rangeSierra Nevada, Great Western DivideTopo mapUSGS Triple Divide PeakClimbingFirst ascentAugust 11, 1920 via West Ridge by Duncan McDuffie, Onis Brown, James Hutchinson[4][5]Easiest routeExposed scramble, class 3[5]

Black Kaweah is a mountain of the Kaweah Peaks Ridge of the California's Sierra Nevada, in Sequoia National Park. The peak has a local magnetic disturbance that has caused compasses in the vicinity to vary by up to eight degrees.[5] Fulgurites can be found on the peak.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Black Kaweah, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2009-01-18.
  2. ^ "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
  3. ^ "Black Kaweah". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
  4. ^ Farquhar, Francis P. (1926). Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club. Retrieved 2009-01-18.
  5. ^ a b c Secor, R.J. (2009). The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails (3rd ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers. pp. 111–114. ISBN 978-0898869712.
  6. ^ Libby, C.A. (November 1986). "Fulgurite in the Sierra Nevada" (PDF). California Geology. Retrieved 2009-01-24.
  • "Black Kaweah". SummitPost.org.
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