Mount Gabb

{{short description|Mountain in California, United States}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Gabb

| photo = File:Mount Gabb from East.jpg

| photo_caption = Mount Gabb as viewed from the east

| elevation_ft = 13747

| elevation_ref = {{cite peakbagger|pid=2668|name=Mount Gabb, California

|access-date=April 13, 2016}}

| prominence_ft = 2581

| prominence_ref =

| location = Fresno County, California, U.S.

| range = Sierra Nevada

| map = California#USA

| relief = 1

| map_caption = Location in California##Location in the United States

| coordinates = {{coord|37|22|36|N|118|48|09|W|type:mountain_region:US-CA_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis|id=260452|name=Mount Gabb|access-date=April 13, 2016}}

| topo = USGS Mount Abbot

| first_ascent = June 1917 by A. L. Jordan and H. H. Bliss

| easiest_route =

| listing = California highest major peaks 11th

}}

Mount Gabb ({{convert|13747|ft}}) is in the central Sierra Nevada in the U.S. state of California.{{cite map|publisher=TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps)|title=Mount Abbot, CA|url=https://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=37.376857&lon=-118.802492&datum=nad83&zoom=4&map=auto&coord=d&size=l|access-date=April 13, 2016}} Mount Gabb is in the John Muir Wilderness of Sierra National Forest and is named after William More Gabb, a paleontologist and member of the Whitney Survey.{{cite book|author=Peter Browning|title=Sierra Nevada Place Names: From Abbot to Zumwalt|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s9wCc9mTMdEC&pg=PA248|year=2011|publisher=Great West Books|isbn=978-0-944220-23-8|pages=86–87}}

The ascent up the south face is a class 2-3 climb from Lake Italy. Alternatively, the peak can be accessed from Upper Mills Creek Lake, and is a class 2 climb.{{cite web |url=https://www.summitpost.org/mount-gabb/152306 |title=Mount Gabb |access-date= August 14, 2018 |publisher=Summit Post |date= February 15, 2006}}

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