# Mount Pickering

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**Mount Pickering** is a 13,474-foot (4,107-meter) mountain summit located just west of the crest of the [Sierra Nevada](/source/Sierra_Nevada) mountain range in [Tulare County](/source/Tulare_County,_California), [California](/source/California).[3] It is situated in [Sequoia National Park](/source/Sequoia_National_Park), and is 3.1 miles (5.0 km) south of [Mount Whitney](/source/Mount_Whitney), 1.2 miles (1.9 km) southeast of [Mount Chamberlin](/source/Mount_Chamberlin_(California)), and one mile south of [Mount Newcomb](/source/Mount_Newcomb). Mt. Pickering ranks as the 65th highest summit in California.[1] [Topographic relief](/source/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](/source/Sierra_Club) and officially adopted in 1940 by the [U.S. Board on Geographic Names](/source/U.S._Board_on_Geographic_Names) to honor American astronomer [Edward Charles Pickering](/source/Edward_Charles_Pickering) (1846–1919).[3] The immediate area has other geographical features named for astronomers, including Mount Newcomb, [Mount Langley](/source/Mount_Langley), [Mount Young](/source/Mount_Young_(California)), and [Mount Hale](/source/Mount_Hale_(California)). The [first ascent](/source/First_ascent) of the summit was made July 16, 1936, by Chester Versteeg, Tyler Van Degrift, and Oliver Kehrlein.[4]

## Climate

Mount Pickering has an [alpine climate](/source/Alpine_climate). 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 onto the range ([orographic lift](/source/Orographic_lift)). Precipitation [runoff](/source/Surface_runoff) from this mountain drains west to the [Kern River](/source/Kern_River) via Rock Creek.

## Gallery

## See also

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

## References

1. ["Pickering, Mount - 13,474' CA"](https://listsofjohn.com/peak/32305). *listsofjohn.com*. Retrieved 2021-06-08.

1. Steve Roper, *The Climber's Guide to the High Sierra*, 1976, Sierra Club Books, ISBN 9780871561473, page 322.

1. 264700. Retrieved 2021-06-08.

1. [John D. and Ruth Mendenhall, Arthur B. Johnson, Braeme Gigas, Howard Koster, *A Climber’s Guide to the High Sierra*, (1954)](https://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/climbers_guide/whitney.html)

## External links

- Weather forecast: [Mount Pickering](https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-5382469/United%20States/California/Tulare/Mount%20Pickering)

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