Clyde Spires

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Clyde Spires

| other_name =

| photo = Clyde Spires.jpg

| photo_caption = North aspect

| elevation_ft = 13267

| elevation_ref = R. J. Secor, The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, Trails, 2009, Third Edition, Mountaineers Books, {{ISBN|9781594857386}}, page 291.

| prominence_ft = 80.

| prominence_ref = {{cite peakbagger|pid=2697|name=Clyde Spires, California|accessdate=2022-06-11}}

| isolation_mi = 0.50

| isolation_ref = {{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/162180|title=Clyde Spires, West - 13,260' CA|website=listsofjohn.com|accessdate=2022-06-11}}

| parent_peak = Mount Wallace (13,377 ft)

| etymology = Norman ClydeRobert C. Pavlik (2008), Norman Clyde: Legendary Mountaineer of California's Sierra Nevada, Heyday Books, {{ISBN|9781597141109}}, p. 99

| listing =

| map = California#USA

| map_size = 260

| map_caption = Location in California

| label_position = bottom

| location = Kings Canyon National Park
Fresno County / Inyo County
California, U.S.

| range = Sierra Nevada

| coordinates = {{coord|37.1401228|N|118.6483761|W|type:mountain_region:US-CA_scale:100000_source:GNIS|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis|id=1667272|name=Clyde Spires|accessdate=2022-06-11}}

| topo = USGS Mount Darwin

| rock = Granite[https://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/climbers_guide/evolution_black_divide.html Alan M. Hedden and David R. Brower, A Climber's Guide to the High Sierra (1954)]

| age = Cretaceous

| type = Fault block

| first_ascent = 1933[https://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/climbers_guide/evolution_black_divide.html Alan M. Hedden and David R. Brower, A Climber's Guide to the High Sierra (1954)]

| easiest_route = {{YDS|4}}

}}

Clyde Spires is a {{convert|13,267|ft|meter|adj=mid|-elevation|abbr=off|sp=us}} mountain summit located on the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California, United States. It is situated on the boundary shared by Kings Canyon National Park with John Muir Wilderness, and along the common border of Fresno County with Inyo County.

It is {{convert|20|mi}} west of the community of Big Pine, and {{convert|0.5|mi}} southeast of Mount Wallace, which is the nearest higher neighbor. The west spire is slightly higher than the east spire.R. J. Secor, The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, Trails, 2009, Third Edition, Mountaineers Books, {{ISBN|9781594857386}}, page 291. Topographic relief is significant as the spires rise {{convert|1,665|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} above Echo Lake in {{convert|0.38|mi|km}}.

History

The first ascent of the spires was made July 22, 1933, by Norman Clyde, Jules Eichorn and Ted Waller, who were members of the Sierra Club.John Moynier, Claude Fiddler (1993), Sierra Classics: 100 Best Climbs in the High Sierra, Chockstone Press, {{ISBN|9780934641609}}, p. 158 They named the landform for Norman Clyde (1885–1972), the leader of the group and legendary mountaineer credited with 130 first ascents, most of which were in the Sierra Nevada.Peter Browning, Place Names of the Sierra Nevada From Abbot to Zumwalt, 1986, Wilderness Press, {{ISBN|9780899970479}}, p. 42. The toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.

Climate

Clyde Spires is located in an alpine climate zone.{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Sierra-Nevada-mountains/Climate |title=Climate of the Sierra Nevada |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica}} 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 (orographic lift), causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall onto the range. Precipitation runoff from this geographic feature drains north to Bishop Creek, and south into Middle Fork Kings River.

Gallery

File:Clyde Spires CA.jpg|Clyde Spires from Mt. Wallace

File:Picture Peak from north.jpg|Picture Peak (centered), Clyde Spires to left.

File:Picture Peak, Wallace, Haeckel.jpg|Clyde Spires far left, Picture Peak (left),
Mt. Wallace's summit centered (behind ridge), Mt. Haeckel in upper right.

File:Clyde Spires, Picture Peak.jpg|Clyde Spires centered. Picture Peak to right. "Donkey Peak" to left.

File:Norman Clyde.jpg|Norman Clyde

References

External links

Weather forecast: [https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Clyde-Spires/forecasts/4044 Clyde Spires]
Clyde Spires rock climbing: [https://www.mountainproject.com/area/117525590/clyde-spires Mountainproject.com]
Clyde Spires (photo): [https://www.flickr.com/photos/roguephotonic/18472362108/in/photolist-u9kFFS-VnBaGt-5gCBAA-2j945it-6Q2ZEm-2ipdA8j-2jcf8K9-77f756-2a4kUqE-K9xkQP-77j2gG-2jtpWNd-zoFXym-2kR4nTc-2kDFiJz-2iJYhkj-AgoXnH-ENYceL-2hhagdN-oUfjtZ-pmaAp1-ArUcTW-2hUqpoY-2nedaRv-NPzq35-64d4XB-NMXT4M-NwYZYB-2iFnFG6-2kC1DfM-oezTjP-2kxSZD3-bhdfEv-9C5HCw-77j5a5-8w4Gvb-VS1a3A-6Qw1hh-FDC6tf-VoPASS-9Wj2FB-NrpqUf-2i5y1cG-Nrpvo5-2iFPPs3-NWCVp7-MWbYuU-NxhBVw-Nrph75-NKsWhS Flickr]

{{Geographic Location

| Center = Clyde Spires

| North = Picture Peak

| Northeast = Echo Lake

| East = Mount Powell

| Southeast = John Muir Trail

| South = Black Giant

| Southwest = Mount Warlow

| West = Mount Fiske

| Northwest = Mount Wallace

}}

Category:Inyo National Forest