Mount Solomons

Mountain in the state of California
Mount Solomons is located in California
Mount Solomons
Mount Solomons
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Mount Solomons is located in the United States
Mount Solomons
Mount Solomons
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LocationFresno County, Kings Canyon National Park, California, U.S.Parent rangeSierra NevadaClimbingFirst ascent1929 by M.H. Pramme and T.F. Harms[3]Easiest routeScramble, class 2[3]

Mount Solomons is a peak in the Sierra Nevada mountain range in the U.S. state of California. It rises to 13,040 feet (3,975 m) directly above Muir Pass. Mount Solomons was named after Theodore Solomons, an explorer of the Sierra Nevada mountains, who mapped and established what is now the northern half of John Muir Trail.[4]

The peak is on the Goddard Divide in Kings Canyon National Park and overlooks Evolution Basin.[5] A scramble from the Muir trail at Muir pass leads to the summit.[3]

See also

  • Mount Goddard
  • Black Giant

References

  1. ^ a b "Mount Solomons, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2012-12-16.
  2. ^ "Mount Solomons". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-12-16.
  3. ^ a b c Secor, R.J. (2009). The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails (3rd ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers. p. 281. ISBN 978-0898869712.
  4. ^ Browning, Peter (1986). Place Names of the Sierra Nevada. Berkeley: Wilderness Press. p. 204. ISBN 0899970478.
  5. ^ "Mount Solomons". SummitPost.org. Retrieved 2012-03-18.