# Mount Dade

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**Mount Dade** is a 13,606 feet (4,147 m) mountain located on the crest of the [Sierra Nevada](/source/Sierra_Nevada) mountain range in northern [California](/source/California), United States.[5] It is situated in the [John Muir Wilderness](/source/John_Muir_Wilderness) on the boundary between [Sierra National Forest](/source/Sierra_National_Forest) and [Inyo National Forest](/source/Inyo_National_Forest), and along the common border of [Fresno County](/source/Fresno_County,_California) with [Inyo County](/source/Inyo_County,_California). It is one mile west of Dade Lake, and approximately 22 miles (35 km) west of the community of [Bishop](/source/Bishop,_California). Nearby neighbors include [Mount Abbot](/source/Mount_Abbot), 0.4 mile to the northwest, and [Bear Creek Spire](/source/Bear_Creek_Spire) 1.2 mile to the southeast. The [USGS](/source/United_States_Geological_Survey) probably named this peak during a 1907–09 survey, and the [first ascent](/source/First_ascent) was made August 19, 1911, by Liston and McKeen, of Fresno.[6]

## Climate

According to the [Köppen climate classification](/source/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification) system, Mount Dade is located in an [alpine climate](/source/Alpine_climate) zone.[7] 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, causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or [snowfall](/source/Snowfall) onto the range ([orographic lift](/source/Orographic_lift)). Precipitation [runoff](/source/Surface_runoff) from the west side of this mountain drains into [Lake Italy](/source/Lake_Italy), and from the east side into headwaters of [Rock Creek](/source/Rock_Creek_(Owens_River_tributary)).

## Climbing

Established rock climbing routes on Mount Dade:[4]

- South Slope – class 2
- West Chute – – First Ascent 1911
- *The Hourglass* – class 2 – 1934
- Northwest Chute – class 3 – FA 1951
- Northeast Face – class 4 – FA 1956
- East Face – class 4 – FA 1960
- North Pillar – class 5.10 – FA 1995
- North Face - class 5[8]

## See also

- [List of the major 4000-meter summits of California](/source/List_of_the_major_4000-meter_summits_of_California)

## References

1. 32285. Retrieved 2021-11-24.

1. Retrieved 2021-04-10.

1. Browning, Peter (1986). *Place Names of the Sierra Nevada*. Berkley: [Wilderness Press](/source/Wilderness_Press). p. 51. ISBN 978-0899970479.

1. 1 ed. p. 258.

1. 1658366. Retrieved 2021-04-10.

1. Peter Browning, *Place Names of the Sierra Nevada From Abbot to Zumwalt*, 1986, Wilderness Press, ISBN 9780899970479, page 51.

1. ["Mount Dade Rock Climbing"](https://www.mountainproject.com/area/114186811/mount-dade). Mountain Project. Retrieved 2021-11-24.

## External links

- Weather forecast: [Mount Dade](https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Dade/forecasts/4145)

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