Mount Newcomb
{{Short description|Mountain in the American state of California}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox mountain
|name = Mount Newcomb
|other_name =
|photo = Newcomb from Langley.jpg
|photo_caption = East aspect, from Mount Langley
|elevation_ft = 13422
|elevation_ref = {{cite peakbagger |pid=2840|name=Mount Newcomb, California|accessdate=2021-05-18}}
|prominence_ft = 561
|isolation_mi = 0.90
|isolation_ref = {{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/32311|title=Newcomb, Mount - 13,422' CA|website=listsofjohn.com|accessdate=2021-05-18}}
|parent_peak = Mount Pickering (13,474 ft)
|etymology = Simon Newcomb
|listing = Sierra Peaks Section
|map = California#USA
|map_caption = Location in California
|map_size = 260
|label_position = bottom
|location = Sequoia National Park
Tulare County
California, U.S.
|range = Sierra Nevada
|coordinates = {{coord|36.5400684|N|118.2934108|W|type:mountain_region:US-CA_scale:100000_source:GNIS|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis|id=264073|name=Mount Newcomb|accessdate=2021-05-18}}
|topo = USGS Mount Whitney
|rock = granitic
|type = Fault block
|age = Cretaceous
|first_ascent = 1936
}}
Mount Newcomb is a {{convert|13,422|ft|meter|adj=mid|-elevation|abbr=off|sp=us}} mountain summit located just west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Tulare County, California. It is situated in Sequoia National Park, and is {{convert|2.8|mi|km}} south of Mount Whitney, {{convert|1.1|mi|km}} northeast of Mount Chamberlin, and 3.5 miles west of Mount Corcoran. Mt. Newcomb ranks as the 70th highest summit in California. Topographic relief is significant as it rises {{convert|2,083|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} above the second Crabtree Lake in approximately one mile. This mountain's name was officially adopted in 1940 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to honor American astronomer Simon Newcomb (1835–1909). The first ascent of the summit was made August 22, 1936, by Max Eckenburg and Bob Rumohr.[https://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/climbers_guide/whitney.html John D. and Ruth Mendenhall, Arthur B. Johnson, Braeme Gigas, Howard Koster, A Climber’s Guide to the High Sierra, (1954)]
Climbing
Established climbing routes:R. J. Secor, The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, Trails, 2009, Third Edition, Mountaineers Books, {{ISBN|9781594857386}}, pages 62.
- Southwest Slope – {{YDS|2}} – 1936 by Max Eckenburg and Bob Rumohr
- Southwest Ridge – class 3 – 1956 by George O. Hale
- Northeast Ridge – class 3 – 2004 by Bob Sumner
- South Ridge – class 3
- The Keep – class 5.10 – 2001 by Dave Nettle, Aaron Zanto
Climate
According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Newcomb 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 | issn = 1027-5606}} 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 Whitney and Rock Creeks.
See also
{{Portal|Mountains}}
References
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External links
- Weather forecast: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-5376842/United%20States/California/Tulare/Mount%20Newcomb Mount Newcomb]
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Category:Mountains of Tulare County, California
Category:Mountains of Sequoia National Park
Category:Four-thousanders of the United States