Mount Brewer

Mountain on the Great Western Divide of the Sierra Nevada in California

36°42′31″N 118°29′07″W / 36.7085481°N 118.4853741°W / 36.7085481; -118.4853741^[5]GeographyLocationTulare County, California, U.S.Parent rangeSierra Nevada, Great Western DivideTopo mapUSGS Mount Brewer^[1]ClimbingFirst ascentJuly 2, 1864 by William H. Brewer and Charles F. Hoffmann^[6]Easiest routeEasy scramble, class 2^[7]

Mount Brewer is on the Great Western Divide, a sub-range of the Sierra Nevada in California. It is located in Kings Canyon National Park,^[8]

The peak was named for William Henry Brewer who worked on the first California Geological Survey and was the first Chair of Agriculture at Yale University's Sheffield Scientific School. He was chief of the field party that explored the central High Sierra in 1864.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Mount Brewer, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
^ "Longley Pass". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
^ "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
^ "Western States Climbers Qualifying Peak List". Climber.org. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
^ "Mount Brewer". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
^ ^a ^b Farquhar, Francis P. (1926). Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club.
^ Roper, Steve (1976). The Climber's Guide to the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. p. 275. ISBN 978-0871561473.
^ "Mount Brewer". Acme Mapper. Retrieved 2016-03-24.

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