Mount Bago
| Mount Bago | |
|---|---|
 East aspect, with Bullfrog Lake | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 11,870 ft (3,620 m)[1] |
| Prominence | 1,142 ft (348 m)[1] |
| Parent peak | Peak 12565[2] |
| Isolation | 2.02 mi (3.25 km)[2] |
| Listing | Sierra Peaks Section |
| Coordinates | 36°46′12″N 118°26′17″W / 36.7699936°N 118.4380879°W[3] |
| Naming | |
| Etymology | Unknown[4] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Bago Location in California  Mount Bago Mount Bago (the United States) | |
| Location | Kings Canyon National Park Fresno County, California, U.S. |
| Parent range | Sierra Nevada |
| Topo map | USGS Mount Clarence King |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Fault block |
| Type of rock | Metamorphic rock |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1896 |
| Easiest route | class 2[2] East slope |
Mount Bago is an 11,870-foot-elevation (3,620-meter) mountain summit located west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in the southeast corner of Fresno County, in northern California.[3] It is situated in Kings Canyon National Park, 14 miles (23 km) west of the community of Independence, 2.3 miles west of the Kearsarge Pinnacles, and 2.4 miles southwest of Mount Rixford. Topographic relief is significant as the south aspect rises 3,675 feet (1,120 meters) above Junction Meadow in one mile. The John Muir Trail passes to the northeast of this remote geographical feature. The first ascent of the summit was made July 11, 1896, by Joseph Nisbet LeConte and Wilson S. Gould.[5]
Climate[edit]
According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Bago is located in an alpine climate zone.[6] 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 the peak drains into tributaries of Bubbs Creek, which in turn is a tributary of the South Fork Kings River.
See also[edit]
(Kearsarge Pinnacles and East Vidette in the distance to left.)
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Mount Bago, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
- ^ a b c "Bago, Mount - 11,870' CA". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
- ^ a b "Mount Bago". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
- ^ Peter Browning, Place Names of the Sierra Nevada, 1986, Wilderness Press, ISBN 9780899970479, page 10.
- ^ R. J. Secor, The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, Trails, 2009, Third Edition, Mountaineers Books, ISBN 9781594857386, page 160.
- ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN 1027-5606.
External links[edit]
- Weather forecast: Mount Bago