Mount Keith

{{Short description|Mountain in the American state of California}}

{{For|the Australian mine|Mount Keith Mine}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Keith

| photo = Mt Keith.jpg

| elevation_ft = 13982

| elevation_ref = {{NAVD88}}{{cite peakbagger |id=2811 |title=Mount Keith, California |access-date=2016-01-08}}

| prominence_ft = 1903

| prominence_ref =

| isolation_mi = 3.09

| isolation_ref =

| parent_peak = Mount Whitney{{cite peakbagger |kid=2811 |title=Shepherd Pass |access-date=2016-03-23}}

| map = California

| map_caption = none

| map_width = 200

| label_position = left

| listing = {{unbulleted list

| North America highest peaks 63rd

| U.S. highest major peaks 48th

| California highest major peaks 7th

| {{thinsp|Sierra Peaks Section Emblem peak}}{{cite sps |accessdate=2011-06-01}}

| Western States Climbers Star peak{{cite wsc |access-date=2021-11-27}} }}

| location = Inyo and Tulare counties, California, U.S.

| range = Sierra Nevada

| coordinates = {{coord|36.700092008|N|118.343612578|W|type:mountain_region:US-CA_scale:100000_source:NGS|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref = {{cite ngs |id=GT1807 |name=Mt Keith |accessdate=2011-06-01}}

| topo = USGS Mount Williamson

| first_ascent = 1898, by Cornelius Beach Bradley, Jennie E. Price, Robert M. Price and Joseph C. Shinn

| easiest_route = Simple Scramble, {{YDS|2}} by Northwest Face, South Face or Northeast Slopes

}}

Mount Keith is a mountain on the crest of California's Sierra Nevada, between Mount Bradley to the north, and Junction Peak to the southwest. Its north and west facing slopes feed the Kings River watershed by way of Bubbs Creek, and its east and south slopes feed the Owens River via Shepherd Creek. By the same dividing line, Keith stands on the boundary of Kings Canyon National Park to the northwest, and the John Muir Wilderness to the southeast. It is a thirteener, a mountain which has a height over 13000 feet.

The peak was named for artist and Sierra Club member, William Keith, by Helen Gompertz (later Helen LeConte) in July 1896.{{cite Farquhar |id=K |accessdate=2009-01-21}}

The first ascending party consisted of Cornelius Beach Bradley, Jennie and Robert Price, and Joseph Shinn. Scrambling over boulders and scree from the upper lakes of Center Basin, they made the summit by the Northwest Face route on July 6, 1898.{{cite Secor |edition=3 |pages=146–147}}

File:Junction Peak and Mt. Keith.jpg