Mount Williamson

Mount Williamson Manzanar

Mount Williamson is with 4390 m the second highest mountain in the Sierra Nevada in the state of California. He is the sixth highest mountain in the United States with the exception of Alaska. It is located about 9 km north of the higher Mount Whitney in the John Muir Wilderness. The nearest town is Independence in the Owens Valley, it is located about 19 ​​km northeast of Mount Williamson.

Generally

With a relative height of 2430 meters to nearly 6.5 km distance to the valley of Mount Williamson is an imposing mountain. But he is very remote, despite its proximity to the valley, as there are neither roads nor mountain huts in its surrounding area. Accordingly, the mountain is rarely climbed.

Naming

The mountain is named for Robert Stockton Williamson, who led a survey of land called the "Pacific Railroad Surveys " which should find a route for the transcontinental railroad in North America.

Ascents and achievements

The first ascent was in 1884 conducted by William L. Hunter and C. Mulholland over the Southeast route. The first ascent of the west route was made in 1896 by Bolton C. Brown and Lucy Brown. Other routes have been established in the 1970s, including the most difficult of all, the Northern route.

The normal route via the Western route starts at Shepherd 's Pass. It runs through the beginning of the expedition, the site of the Williams Basin ( between Mount Williamson and Mount Tyndall ). In this basin there are five high-altitude lakes. From there, the trail over a rock climbing trip to the summit of Mount Williamson leads.