Mount Kaweah

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Mount Kaweah
Mt Kaweah.jpg
Mount Kaweah from Red Spur, circa 1932
Highest point
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Listing SPS Emblem peak[1]
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Geography
Location Tulare County, California, U.S.
Parent range Great Western Divide, Sierra Nevada
Topo map USGS Triple Divide Peak
Climbing
First ascent September 1881 by Frederick H. Wales, William B. Wallace and James W. A. Wright[4]
Easiest route Hike, class 1[1]

Mount Kaweah is a mountain in California's Sequoia National Park and forms part of the Kaweah Peaks Ridge, a spur of the Great Western Divide which extends south from Triple Divide Peak. It has a summit elevation of 13,807 feet (4,208 m), the highest along the Kaweah ridge.

Name

The peak was named for the Kaweah River which has its headwaters to the west of the Kaweah Peaks Ridge. The Kaweahs, however, drain into the Kern River.[2] The Kaweah River was named for the Kawai (or Gā'wia) tribe, members of the Yokut people. The Yokut were once known as Mariposa.[5]

Foxtail Pine

A rare pine, the Foxtail Pine, lives on the southern slopes of Mount Kaweah, [1], [2], [3].

See also

References

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