Four Gables
{{Short description|Mountain in the state of California}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Four Gables
| photo = Four Gables.jpg
| photo_caption = East aspect, centered
(Basin Mountain to left)
| elevation_ft = 12776
| elevation_ref = {{cite gnis|id=1658570|name=Four Gables|accessdate=2022-05-12}}
| prominence_ft = 80.
| prominence_ref = {{cite peakbagger |pid=13543|name=Four Gables, California|accessdate=2022-05-12}}
| isolation_mi = 0.33
| isolation_ref = {{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/160156|title=Four Gables - 12,740' CA|website=listsofjohn.com|accessdate=2022-05-12}}
| parent_peak =
|listing = Sierra Peaks Section
Vagmarken Club Sierra Crest List{{cite vagmarken |access-date=2022-05-12}}
| map = California#USA
| map_caption = Location in California
| map_size = 260
| label_position = bottom
| location = {{thinsp|Fresno / Inyo counties, California U.S.}}
| range = Sierra Nevada
| coordinates = {{coord|37.3024727|N|118.6999307|W|type:mountain_region:US-CA_scale:100000_source:GNIS|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| topo = USGS Mount Tom
| type = Fault block
| rock = Granodiorite
| age = Cretaceous
| first_ascent = 1931
}}
Four Gables, elevation {{convert|12776|ft}}, is a mountain summit located on the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in northern California, United States. It is situated in the John Muir Wilderness on the common boundary shared by Sierra National Forest with Inyo National Forest, and along the common border of Fresno County with Inyo County. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises {{convert|2,800|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} above Horton Lake in approximately {{convert|1.5|mi|km}}. Neighbors include Basin Mountain, two miles to the east-southeast, Mount Tom, three miles to the northeast, and Merriam Peak, four miles to the west. The nearest community is Bishop, California, 17 miles to the east.
History
Four Gables was likely named by the United States Geological Survey during a 1907–09 survey.{{cite book |last=Browning |first=Peter |title=Place Names of the Sierra Nevada |publisher=Wilderness Press |year=1986 |location=Berkley |page=73 |isbn=978-0899970479}} This landforms's toponym was officially adopted in 1911 by the United States Board on Geographic Names.
The first ascent of the summit was made in 1931 by Norman Clyde, who is credited with 130 first ascents, most of which were in the Sierra Nevada.[https://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/climbers_guide/mount_humphreys.html George Bloom, Hervey Voge, and Ray Van Aken, A Climber’s Guide to the High Sierra (1954)]
Climate
According to the Köppen climate classification system, Four Gables 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 Four Gables' west slope drains to South Fork San Joaquin River via Piute Creek, whereas the east side of this mountain drains to Owens River via Horton, Gable, and Pine Creeks.
{{wide image|Sierra Nevada Batholith (Cretaceous; view from near Bishop, California, USA) 2 (37189374206).jpg|x144px|Sierra Nevada from near Bishop, California. Four Gables is centered in back appearing small. To left are Mount Humphreys and Basin Mountain. To right is Mount Tom|align=center}}
See also
- {{Portal-inline|Mountains}}
- List of the major 4000-meter summits of California
References
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External links
- Weather forecast: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-5350265/United%20States/California/Inyo%20County/Four%20Gables Four Gables]
{{John Muir Wilderness}}
Category:Sierra National Forest
Category:Mountains of Inyo County, California
Category:Mountains of Fresno County, California
Category:Mountains of the John Muir Wilderness
Category:Three-thousanders of the United States