# Mount Clark (California)

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Mountain in the American state of California

Not to be confused with [Clark Mountain (California)](/source/Clark_Mountain_(California)).

Mount Clark West face from Glacier Point Road, January 2008. Highest point Elevation 11,527 ft (3,513 m) NAVD 88[1] Prominence 722 ft (220 m)[1] Parent peak Gray Peak (11,573 ft)[2] Listing SPS Mountaineers peak[3] Western States Climbers Star peak[4] Coordinates 37°41′47″N 119°25′43″W / 37.6963183°N 119.4284859°W / 37.6963183; -119.4284859[5] Geography Mount Clark Location in California Show map of California Mount Clark Mount Clark (the United States) Show map of the United States Location Yosemite National Park Mariposa County, California, U.S. Parent range Clark Range, Sierra Nevada Topo map USGS Merced Peak Climbing First ascent 1866 by Clarence King and James T. Gardiner[6] Easiest route Rock climb, class 4[7]

**Mount Clark** is a 11,527-foot (3,513 m) [granite](/source/Granite) peak in the [Clark Range](/source/Clark_Range_(California)), a sub-range of the [Sierra Nevada](/source/Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.)). It is a popular destination for [mountaineers](/source/Mountaineering).

Both the mountain and the range are named in honor of [Galen Clark](/source/Galen_Clark), an early explorer and the first guardian of [Yosemite National Park](/source/Yosemite_National_Park).[8] It was summited in 1866 by Clarence King and James Gardener of the US Geological Survey.[9] Before it received its present name, it was known as Gothic Peak and then The Obelisk, the name used by the [Whitney Survey](/source/California_Geological_Survey).[10] Obelisk Lake, at 9,853 feet (3,003 m) lies on the mountain's northeast flank.

## Climate

Mount Clark is located in an [alpine climate](/source/Alpine_climate) zone.[11] Most [weather fronts](/source/Weather_front) originate in the [Pacific Ocean](/source/Pacific_Ocean), and travel east toward the Sierra Nevada mountains. As fronts approach, they are forced upward by the peaks ([orographic lift](/source/Orographic_lift)), causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall onto the range.

## Gallery

		- Aerial view from the southwest

		- Clark Range, Mt. Clark to right (north aspect)

		- Red Peak (left), Gray Peak, Mt. Clark (right)

		- North aspect of Mount Clark seen from Clouds Rest. [Gray Peak](/source/Gray_Peak_(California)) to right.

## See also

- [Mountains portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Mountains)

- [Geology of the Yosemite area](/source/Geology_of_the_Yosemite_area)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-pb_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-pb_1-1) ["Mount Clark"](http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=2638). *Peakbagger.com*. Retrieved May 5, 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-loj_2-0)** ["Mount Clark"](https://listsofjohn.com/PeakStats/Climbers.php?Id=56062). *ListsOfJohn.com*. Retrieved May 31, 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-sps_3-0)** ["Sierra Peaks Section List"](https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/www.sierraclub.org/files/sce/sierra-peaks-section/files/sps-peaks-list-2017May-24.pdf) (PDF). *Angeles Chapter, [Sierra Club](/source/Sierra_Club)*. Retrieved August 9, 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-wsc_4-0)** ["Western States Climbers Qualifying Peak List"](https://climber.org/wsc/WSClist.html). Climber.org. Retrieved March 27, 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-gnis_5-0)** ["Mount Clark"](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/254748). *[Geographic Names Information System](/source/Geographic_Names_Information_System)*. [United States Geological Survey](/source/United_States_Geological_Survey), [United States Department of the Interior](/source/United_States_Department_of_the_Interior). Retrieved August 9, 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Farquhar_6-0)** [Farquhar, Francis P.](/source/Francis_P._Farquhar) (1926). [*Place Names of the High Sierra*](https://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/place_names_of_the_high_sierra/c.html). San Francisco: [Sierra Club](/source/Sierra_Club).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Secor_7-0)** Secor, R.J. (2009). *The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails* (3rd ed.). Seattle: [The Mountaineers](/source/The_Mountaineers_(club)). pp. 409–411. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0898869712](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0898869712).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Browning, Peter (2005). [*Yosemite Place Names: The Historic Background of Geographic Names in Yosemite National Park*](https://books.google.com/books?id=N3Rs7E7_J_IC&pg=PA27). Great West Books. p. 27. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-944220-19-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-944220-19-1).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Mount Clark : Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering : SummitPost"](https://www.summitpost.org/mount-clark/150527). *www.summitpost.org*. Retrieved March 10, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Browning, Peter (1986). [*Place Names of the Sierra Nevada*](https://archive.org/details/placenamesofsier00brow/page/40). Berkeley: [Wilderness Press](/source/Wilderness_Press). p. [40](https://archive.org/details/placenamesofsier00brow/page/40). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-89997-119-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-89997-119-3).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Climate of the Sierra Nevada"](https://www.britannica.com/place/Sierra-Nevada-mountains/Climate). *[Encyclopædia Britannica](/source/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica)*.

## External links

- ["Mount Clark"](https://www.summitpost.org/page/150527). *SummitPost.org*.

- ["Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada by Clarence King, Chapter IX - Merced Ramblings 1866"](https://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/mountaineering_in_the_sierra_nevada/09.html#page_244). Yosemite Online Library.

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