Mount Keith

For the Australian mine, see Mount Keith Mine.

Mount Keith is a mountain on the crest of California's Sierra Nevada, between Mount Bradley to the north, and Junction Peak to the southwest. Its north and west facing slopes feed the Kings River watershed by way of Bubbs Creek, and its east and south slopes feed the Owens River via Shepherd Creek. By the same dividing line, Keith stands on the boundary of Kings Canyon National Park to the northwest, and the John Muir Wilderness to the southeast.^[1] It is a thirteener, a mountain which has a height over 13000 feet.

Mount Keith
Highest point
Elevation	13,982 ft (4,262 m) NAVD 88[1]
Prominence	1,903 ft (580 m)[1]
Parent peak	Mount Whitney[2]
Isolation	3.09 mi (4.97 km)[1]
Listing	North America highest peaks 63rd U.S. highest major peaks 48th California highest major peaks 7th  Sierra Peaks Section Emblem peak [3] Western States Climbers Star peak[4]
Coordinates	36°42′00″N 118°20′37″W[5]
Geography
Mount Keith
Location	Inyo and Tulare counties, California, U.S.
Parent range	Sierra Nevada
Topo map	USGS Mount Williamson
Climbing
First ascent	1898, by Cornelius Beach Bradley, Jennie E. Price, Robert M. Price and Joseph C. Shinn[6]
Easiest route	Simple Scramble, class 2 by Northwest Face, South Face or Northeast Slopes[7]

The peak was named for artist and Sierra Club member, William Keith, by Helen Gompertz (later Helen LeConte) in July 1896.^[6]

The first ascending party consisted of Cornelius Beach Bradley, Jennie and Robert Price, and Joseph Shinn. Scrambling over boulders and scree from the upper lakes of Center Basin, they made the summit by the Northwest Face route on July 6, 1898.^[7]

Junction Peak (left) and Mt. Keith (right) from the south

See also

• List of mountain peaks of California

References

1. "Mount Keith, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
2. "Shepherd Pass". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
3. "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved 2011-06-01.
4. "Western States Climbers Qualifying Peak List". Climber.org. Retrieved 2021-11-27.
5. "Mt Keith". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved 2011-06-01.
6. Farquhar, Francis P. (1926). Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
7. Secor, R.J. (2009). The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails (3rd ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers. pp. 146–147. ISBN 978-0898869712.

External links

• "Mount Keith". SummitPost.org.
• "Mount Keith". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.