Mount Gibbs

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

{{About|the mountain in California|the mountain in Antarctica with the same name|Mount Gibbs (Antarctica)}}

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{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Gibbs

| photo = Yosemite High Country Meadow, CA.jpg

| photo_caption = West aspect, from Tuolumne Meadows

| elevation_ft = 12,779

| elevation_ref = {{NAVD88}}{{cite peakbagger |pid=2621 |title=Mount Gibbs, California |accessdate=2008-11-26}}

| prominence_ft = 1093

| prominence_ref =

| listing = {{unbulleted list

| Sierra Peaks Section{{cite sps|accessdate=2009-08-10}}

| Western States Climbers Emblem peak{{cite wsc |accessdate=2016-03-27}}

}}

| parent_peak = Mount Dana{{cite loj |id=32486 |name=Mount Gibbs |accessdate=2011-06-15}}

| location = Mono and Tuolumne counties, California, U.S.

| range = Sierra Nevada

| map = USA California#USA

| map_caption = none

| map_width = 224

| coordinates = {{coord|37.8771495|N|119.2118164|W|type:mountain_region:US-CA_scale:100000_source:GNIS|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| range_coordinates =

| coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis |id=260547 |name=Mount Gibbs |accessdate=2008-11-26}}

| topo = USGS Mount Dana

| type = Metamorphic rock

| age = Cretaceous

| first_ascent = 1864 by Frederick Law Olmsted and William Henry Brewer on horseback{{cite Secor |edition=3 |page=397}}

| easiest_route = Cross-country hike, {{YDS|1}}

}}

Mount Gibbs is located in the Sierra Nevada of the U.S. state of California, {{convert|2.6|mi|0}} south of Mount Dana. The mountain was named in honor of Oliver Gibbs, a professor at Harvard University and friend of Josiah Whitney.{{cite Farquhar |index=G |accessdate=2008-11-26 }} The summit marks the boundary between Yosemite National Park and the Ansel Adams Wilderness, and Mount Gibbs is the sixth-highest mountain, of Yosemite.{{cite web | url=https://www.peakbagger.com/List.aspx?lid=-242999&cid=2429 | title=Yosemite NP Peaks | publisher=peakbagger.com | accessdate=24 March 2019 | author=Kelliher, Mat}}{{cite web | url=https://www.summitpost.org/yosemite-s-highest-peaks/742800 | title=Yosemite's Highest Peaks | publisher=summitpost.org | accessdate=24 March 2019 | author=Mrchad9}}

The peak is accessible either from the west, starting at Tioga Pass Road, or from the east, via Bloody Canyon from the trailhead at Walker Lake. Overnight camping is not permitted on the western side of the mountain, which is part of the protected watershed of Dana Meadows and Tioga Pass. In the summer the mountain has only patchy snow, on the northern slope. The easiest ascent is via the ridge extending west from the peak; there is a steep section of loose, unstable rock, leading to the gentle ridge that forms the top of the mountain. Although the top is above the tree line, there is some sparse plant life, including wildflowers. The view of Mono Lake from the summit is partially obstructed by an outcropping to the northeast.

{{Wide image|Mt-gibbs-panorama seamless.jpg|680px|A partial panorama from the summit of Mt. Gibbs. The western ridge of Mount Gibbs is in the foreground at the ridge edge of the photo.|65%|none}}

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