{{Short description|Mountain in the state of California}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Pickering | other_name = | image = Mount Pickering.jpg | image_caption = East aspect, from Mount Langley | elevation_ft = 13474 | elevation_ref = <ref name="pb">{{cite peakbagger |pid=2844|name=Mount Pickering, California|accessdate=2021-06-08}}</ref> | prominence_ft = 547 | prominence_ref = <ref name="pb"/> | isolation_mi = 1.88 | isolation_ref = <ref name="listsofjohn">{{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/32305|title=Pickering, Mount - 13,474' CA|website=listsofjohn.com|accessdate=2021-06-08}}</ref> | parent_peak = Mount McAdie (13,799 ft)<ref name="listsofjohn"/> | etymology = Edward Charles Pickering | listing = Sierra Peaks Section | map = California#USA | map_caption = Location in California | map_size = 260 | label_position = bottom | location = Sequoia National Park<br/>Tulare County<br/>California, U.S. | range = Sierra Nevada | coordinates = {{coord|36.5272735|N|118.2908888|W|type:mountain_region:US-CA_scale:100000_source:GNIS|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name="gnis">{{cite gnis|id=264700|name=Mount Pickering|accessdate=2021-06-08}}</ref> | topo = USGS ''Mount Whitney'' | rock = granitic | type = Fault block | age = Cretaceous | first_ascent = 1936 | easiest_route = {{YDS|2}}<ref>Steve Roper, ''The Climber's Guide to the High Sierra'', 1976, Sierra Club Books, {{ISBN|9780871561473}}, page 322.</ref> Southeast arête }}
'''Mount Pickering''' is a {{convert|13,474|ft|meter|adj=mid|-elevation|abbr=off|sp=us}} mountain summit located just west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Tulare County, California.<ref name="gnis"/> It is situated in Sequoia National Park, and is {{convert|3.1|mi|km}} south of Mount Whitney, {{convert|1.2|mi|km}} southeast of Mount Chamberlin, and one mile south of Mount Newcomb. Mt. Pickering ranks as the 65th highest summit in California.<ref name="listsofjohn"/> Topographic relief is significant as it rises nearly 2,000 feet above Sky Blue Lake in approximately one mile. This mountain's name was proposed by the Sierra Club and officially adopted in 1940 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to honor American astronomer Edward Charles Pickering (1846–1919).<ref name="gnis"/> The immediate area has other geographical features named for astronomers, including Mount Newcomb, Mount Langley, Mount Young, and Mount Hale. The first ascent of the summit was made July 16, 1936, by Chester Versteeg, Tyler Van Degrift, and Oliver Kehrlein.<ref>[https://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/climbers_guide/whitney.html John D. and Ruth Mendenhall, Arthur B. Johnson, Braeme Gigas, Howard Koster, ''A Climber’s Guide to the High Sierra'', (1954)]</ref>
==Climate== Mount Pickering has an alpine climate. Most weather fronts originate in the 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 onto the range (orographic lift). Precipitation runoff from this mountain drains west to the Kern River via Rock Creek.
==Gallery== <div style="max-width: 500px;"> <gallery mode=slideshow> File:Joe Devel and Pickering.jpg|Joe Devel Peak (left) and Mt. Pickering (right) from the east. File:Joe Devel, Pickering, Newcomb from Mt. Langley.jpg|Joe Devel Peak (left), Mt. Pickering centered, Kaweah peaks centered in the distance, Mt. Newcomb (right), viewed from Mt. Langley. File:Mt. Pickering.jpg|The top of Mount Pickering centered, as seen from Mount Whitney. </gallery> </div>
==See also== {{Portal|Mountains}} * List of the major 4000-meter summits of California
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * Weather forecast: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-5382469/United%20States/California/Tulare/Mount%20Pickering Mount Pickering]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pickering, Mount}} Category:Mountains of Tulare County, California Category:Mountains of Sequoia National Park Category:Four-thousanders of the United States Category:Mountains of Northern California Category:Sierra Nevada (United States)