University Peak (California)

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

{{For|other peaks by this name|University Peak (disambiguation){{!}}University Peak}}

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

{{Infobox mountain

| name = University Peak

| photo = university peak.jpg

| photo_caption = University Peak from the northeast, March 2006.

| elevation_ft = 13,595

| elevation_ref = {{navd88}}{{cite peakbagger |pid=2808 |name=University Peak, California |access-date=2009-05-08}}

| prominence_ft = 1187

| prominence_ref =

| parent_peak = Mount Keith{{cite peakbagger |kid=2808 |name=Key Col for University Peak |access-date=2016-03-24}}

| map = USA California#USA

| map_caption = none

| map_size = 200

| label_position = left

| listing = {{ubl

| Sierra Peaks Section Mountaineers peak{{cite sps |access-date=2009-08-05}}

| Western States Climbers Star peak{{cite wsc |access-date=2016-03-24}}

| Vagmarken Club Sierra Crest List{{cite vagmarken |access-date=2021-11-06}} }}

| location = {{ubl

| Kings Canyon National Park

| {{thin space|Inyo|/|Tulare counties, California, U.S.}} }}

| range = Sierra Nevada

| coordinates = {{coord|36.7480794|N|118.3618702|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis |id=268596 |name=University Peak |access-date=2009-05-08}}

| topo = USGS Mount Williamson

| first_ascent = July 12, 1896 by Joseph Nisbet LeConte, Helen M. Gompertz, Belle J. Miller, Estelle Miller{{cite Farquhar |index=U |access-date=2009-05-08}}

| easiest_route = South Slopes, cross county hike{{cite Secor |edition=3 |pages=149–152}}

| etymology = University of California

}}

University Peak is a thirteener in the Sierra Nevada. It is named for the University of California. It is on the Sierra crest between Mount Gould to the north, and Mount Bradley to the south. It lies on the boundary between Tulare County and Inyo County. Its west side is in Kings Canyon National Park while the east face is in the John Muir Wilderness.

The nearest trailhead to University Peak is Onion Valley. The least technical route to its summit is an off-trail hike up the south slopes. It offers a variety of other routes from easy scrambles to rock climbing. The more challenging routes led the Sierra Club's Sierra Peaks Section to list University Peak as a Mountaineers Peak.