Mount Warlow
{{Short description|Mountain in Fresno County, California, U.S.}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Warlow
| other_name =
| photo = Mt. Warlow from Muir Pass.jpg
| photo_caption = South aspect, from Muir Pass
| elevation_ft = 13206
| elevation_ref = {{cite peakbagger |pid=2706|name=Mount Warlow, California|accessdate=2021-04-17}}
| prominence_ft = 526
| isolation_mi = 0.68
| isolation_ref = {{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/32358|title=Warlow, Mount - 13,206' CA|website=listsofjohn.com|accessdate=2021-04-17}}
| parent_peak = Mount Fiske (13,503 ft)
| etymology = Chester H. Warlow
| map = California#USA
| map_caption = Location in California
| map_size = 250
| label_position = left
| location = Kings Canyon National Park
Fresno County
California, U.S.
| range = Sierra Nevada
| coordinates = {{coord|37.1284231|N|118.6747173|W|type:mountain_region:US-CA_scale:100000_source:GNIS|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis|id=1660127|name=Mount Warlow|accessdate=2021-04-17}}
| topo = USGS Mount Darwin
| rock = granite
| age =
| first_ascent = 1926
| easiest_route = {{YDS|2}} South Ridge
}}
Mount Warlow is a {{convert|13,206|ft|meter|adj=mid|-elevation|abbr=off|sp=us}} mountain summit located {{convert|1.5|mi}} west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Fresno County of northern California, United States. It is situated on the Goddard Divide in northern Kings Canyon National Park, {{convert|1.2|mi}} north of Muir Pass, {{convert|0.69|mi}} southeast of Mount Huxley, and {{convert|0.68|mi}} southwest of Mount Fiske, which is the nearest higher neighbor. Mount Warlow ranks as the 108th highest summit in California. The approach to this remote peak is made via the John Muir Trail.
History
The mountain is named after Chester H. Warlow (1889–1963), attorney, Fresno civic leader, and conservationist, who was instrumental in the creation of Kings Canyon National Park. Each year from 1913 through 1930 he used his 30-day vacations to visit the High Sierras between Yosemite and Mount Whitney.[https://books.google.com/books?id=V3ieagPSUHIC&dq=Chester+H.+Warlow+fresno&pg=RA1-PA97 Hearing Before the Subcommittee of Public Lands H.R. 9142, 1959, page 97] He was California Highway Commissioner from 1943 through 1961, and also has a highway rest area near Kingsburg named after him. The mountain's name was officially adopted in 1969 by the United States Board on Geographic Names. The first ascent of the summit was made in 1926 by Nathaniel Goodrich and Marjory Hurd.R. J. Secor, The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, Trails, 2009, Third Edition, Mountaineers Books, {{ISBN|9781594857386}}, page 228.
Climate
According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Warlow is located in an alpine climate zone.{{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). This climate until recently supported the Mount Warlow Glacier in the northwest cirque. Precipitation runoff from this mountain drains southeast into headwaters of the Middle Fork Kings River, or northwest into Evolution Creek which is a San Joaquin River tributary.
Gallery
File:Mt. Warlow from Helen Lake.jpg|Mt. Warlow from Helen Lake
File:Warlow Fiske Helen Lake.jpg|Mt. Warlow (left) and Mt. Fiske (right) seen from Helen Lake
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/2-5407154/United%20States/California/Fresno/Mount%20Warlow Mount Warlow]
- Aerial photo of east aspect: [https://www.flickr.com/photos/timlawnicki/26581246134/in/photolist-GuTQp9-UCQGvN-e1gFxc-mZV7A-5e4PBS-ei5v5p-eica9f-eic2nw-b6wTRg-2cU4HVZ-2jBVAJ3-fBNWYc-NiiS5u-u6V5Cr-b7LE26-bG5R5H-Tgyidk-D7vFnu-2jX8r1B-FsokhX-oTXm6m-2jKncJr-zXceYY-bFLCpD-cRHAU9-P1oje5-qt7Wzb-pT7bDw-NjxdWr-cYbAsW-daUfm-NihYYw-cMTd3J-9MnbvF-tiQctN-2iiZ99R-A7kFM7-7WZTKY-A7kBxW-w9QyDN-AH1C4m-zNh9dq-ei73Wn-ymf4Ni-S61yEy-fQmSo5-2gEP3s-8yHKj5-L5NJqp-k5ZVCz Flickr]
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Category:Mountains of Fresno County, California
Category:Mountains of Kings Canyon National Park
Category:Four-thousanders of the United States