Mount Tinemaha
{{Short description|Mountain in the state of California}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox mountain
|name = Mount Tinemaha
|other_name =
|photo = Mt Tinemaha.jpg
|photo_caption = East aspect at sunrise
(Split Mountain behind left)
|elevation_ft = 12520
|elevation_ref = {{cite peakbagger |pid=13538|name=Mount Tinemaha, California|accessdate=2021-05-15}}
|prominence_ft = 545
|isolation_mi = 1.80
|isolation_ref = {{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/32563|title=Tinemaha, Mount - 12,519' CA|website=listsofjohn.com|accessdate=2021-05-15}}
|parent_peak = Split Mountain (14,058 ft)
|etymology =
|listing = Sierra Peaks Section
|map = California#USA
|map_caption = Location in California
|map_size = 260
|label_position = bottom
|location = Inyo County, California, U.S.
|range = Sierra Nevada
|coordinates = {{coord|37.0363142|N|118.3963669|W|type:mountain_region:US-CA_scale:100000_source:GNIS|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis|id=255153|name=Mount Tinemaha|accessdate=2021-05-15}}
|topo = USGS Split Mountain
|rock =
|age =
|first_ascent = 1937
|easiest_route = {{YDS|2}} West RidgeR.J. Secor (2009), The High Sierra: Peaks, Passes, Trails, Mountaineers Books, {{ISBN|9781594857386}}
}}
Mount Tinemaha is a {{convert|12,520|ft|meter|adj=mid|-elevation|abbr=off|sp=us}} mountain summit located east of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Inyo County of northern California. It is situated on the eastern boundary of the John Muir Wilderness, on land managed by Inyo National Forest. It is 1.3 mile southeast of Tinemaha Lake, and 1.8 mile northeast of parent Split Mountain. Topographic relief is significant as the east aspect rises {{convert|5,900|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} above Owens Valley in two miles.
History
This mountain's name was officially adopted in 1937 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to honor the legendary Paiute chief, Tinemaha. The peak was known by this name to the early prospectors and cattlemen of Owens Valley.[https://books.google.com/books?id=M-22djGNuhwC&dq=Paiute+chief+Tinemaha&pg=PA339 Erwin G. Gudde, California Place Names, page 339.] The first ascent of the summit was made July 1, 1937, by Chester Versteeg, a prominent Sierra Club member.[https://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/climbers_guide/palisades_to_kearsarge_pass.html Fred L. Jones, A Climber’s Guide to the High Sierra (1954)] Chester Versteeg submitted the name to the board for consideration.
Climate
According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Tinemaha 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 to Red Mountain Creek and Tinemaha Creek, thence Tinemaha Reservoir.
Gallery
File:Cardinal, Split, Tinemaha, Birch.jpg|Cardinal Mountain, Split Mountain, Mt. Tinemaha, Birch Mountain from east
File:Cardinal, Tinemaha, Split.jpg|Tinemaha centered, Cardinal Mountain (left), Split Mountain (right)
File:Eastern side of the Sierra Nevadas.jpg|Cardinal Mountain (left), Split Mountain, Mount Tinemaha (right), from Highway 395
File:Eastern Sierra, California.jpg|From left to rightː Goodale, Cardinal, Split, Tinemaha, Birch.
See also
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References
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External links
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- Weather forecast: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-5402710/United%20States/California/Inyo%20County/Mount%20Tinemaha Mount Tinemaha]
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Category:Mountains of Inyo County, California
Category:Mountains of the John Muir Wilderness
Category:Three-thousanders of the United States