Mount Carillon
{{Short description|Mountain summit on the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox mountain
|name = Mount Carillon
|other_name =
|photo = Mt. Carillon.jpg
|photo_caption = Mt. Carillon centered at top, south aspect
(Mt. Russell in upper left corner)
|elevation_ft = 13,559
|elevation_ref = {{navd88}}{{cite peakbagger |pid=2824|name=Mount Carillon, California|accessdate=2021-05-21}}
|prominence_ft = 233
|isolation_mi = 0.41
|parent_peak = Mount Russell (14,088 ft)
|etymology = Carillon
|listing = Sierra Peaks Section
|map = California#USA
|map_caption = none
|map_size = 210
|label_position = left
|location = Sequoia National Park
{{thin space|Tulare County|/|Inyo County}}
California, U.S.
|range = Sierra Nevada
|coordinates = {{coord|36.5924211|N|118.2779091|W|type:mountain_region:US-CA_scale:100000_source:GNIS|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis|id=257978|name=Mount Carillon|accessdate=2021-05-21}}
|topo = USGS Mount Whitney
|rock = granitic
|type = Fault block
|age = Cretaceous
|first_ascent = 1925, Norman Clyde
|easiest_route = Simple scramble {{YDS|2+}}{{cite Roper |page=304}}
}}
Mount Carillon is a {{convert|13,559|ft|meter|adj=mid|-elevation|abbr=off|sp=us}} mountain summit located on the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California. It is situated on the common border of Tulare County with Inyo County, as well as the shared boundary of Sequoia National Park and John Muir Wilderness. It is set above the south shore of Tulainyo Lake, {{convert|12.5|mi}} west of the community of Lone Pine, {{convert|1.25|mi|km}} northeast of Mount Whitney, and {{convert|0.7|mi|km}} east-northeast of Mount Russell, the nearest higher neighbor. Topographic relief is significant as it rises approximately {{convert|5,180|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} above Whitney Portal in approximately two miles. Carillon has subpeaks, unofficially called "The Cleaver" ({{convert|13,383|ft|m|abbr=on}}, 0.4 mile to the northeast, and "Impala" (12,073+ ft/3,680+ m), on the southeast ridge.
History
The first ascent of the summit was made in 1925, by Norman Clyde, who is credited with 130 first ascents, most of which were in the Sierra Nevada.{{cite web |url=https://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/climbers_guide/whitney.html |first1=John D. and Ruth |last1=Mendenhall |first2=Arthur B. |last2=Johnson |first3=Braeme |last3=Gigas |first4=Howard |last4=Koster |title=A Climber's Guide to the High Sierra |publisher=Yosemite Online |year=1954 |access-date=2021-11-05}}{{cite web |url=http://www.owensvalleyhistory.com/norman_clyde/page57.html |title=Norman Clyde - Mountaineer |website=OwensValleyHistory.com |access-date=2021-11-05}} The peak's name was submitted by Chester Versteeg of the Sierra Club, and officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names in 1937. It is so named because it is shaped like a bell tower, which often houses a carillon.{{cite book |first=Erwin G. |last=Gudde |title=California Place Names |publisher=University of California Press |year=1969 |isbn=978-0520266193 |page=66}}
Climate
According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Carillon has an alpine climate.{{cite journal |author=Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. |year=2007 |title=Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification |journal=Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. |volume=11 |issue=5 |page=1633 |doi=10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 |bibcode=2007HESS...11.1633P |issn=1027-5606|doi-access=free }} 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 this mountain drains west to the Kern River via Wallace Creek, and east to Owens Valley via Lone Pine Creek.
Climbing
Established climbing routes:{{cite Secor |edition=3 |page=254}}
- West Ridge via Russell-Carillon saddle ({{YDS|2}}) 1925 by Norman Clyde
- Northeast Ridge (class 3)
- Southeast Ridge (class 4)
- East Face (class 5.8) 1968 by Fred Beckey, Chuck Haas
- Impala, South Face (class 5.7) 1968 by Chuck Ray, Brad Fowler
- Impala, Diagonal Route (class 5.7) 1968 by Fred Beckey, Charlie Raymond
- The Winged Horse (class 5.8) 1970 by Fred Beckey, Jack Miller
- Sweet Carillon (class 5.10+) 2008 by Andre Kiryanov, Shay Har-Noy{{cite journal |url=http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12200911501/North-America-United-States-California-Sierra-Nevada-Mt-Carillon-Sweet-Carillon-and-Pipe-Line |first=Shay |last=Har-Noy |journal=American Alpine Journal |title=Mt. Carillon, Sweet Carillon and Pipe-Line |year=2009 |access-date=2021-11-05}}
Gallery
File:Mount Carillon and The Cleaver.jpg|Carillon (right) and The Cleaver (left)
File:Mount Carillon from SW.jpg|Mt. Carillon, with The Cleaver behind
File:Mt. Carillon, Iceberg Lake.jpg|Southwest aspect of Carillon from the summit of Mt. Whitney. Iceberg Lake below.
File:Mts. Russell and Carillon.jpg|Mount Russell (left) and Mt. Carillon (right) from the summit of Mount Whitney.
File:Mt. Carillon, west aspect.jpg|West aspect of Mt. Carillon seen from Mt. Russell
File:Tunaiya Lake.jpg|Tulainyo Lake and Mt. Carillon's subpeak "The Cleaver" to the right.
(Tunnabora Peak to left).
See also
{{Portal|Mountains}}
References
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External links
- Weather forecast: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-5334195/United%20States/California/Inyo%20County/Mount%20Carillon Mount Carillon]
- Mt. Carillon rock climbing: [https://www.mountainproject.com/area/109359907/mt-carillon Mountainproject.com]
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Category:Mountains of Tulare County, California
Category:Mountains of Sequoia National Park
Category:Mountains of Inyo County, California
Category:Mountains of the John Muir Wilderness
Category:Four-thousanders of the United States