White Mountain (Yosemite)
Mountain in California, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the mountain in Yosemite National Park. For the third-highest mountain in California, see White Mountain Peak.
White Mountain is a mountain in the northern part of Yosemite National Park.[3] White Mountain is near both Mount Conness and Ragged Peak.[2] It is the 18th highest mountain within the park's boundaries.[4]
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White Mountain | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 12,057 ft (3,675 m) NAVD 88[1] |
Prominence | 617 ft (188 m) |
Coordinates | 37°56′49″N 119°18′35″W[1] |
Geography | |
Location | Yosemite National Park, Tuolumne County, California, U.S. |
Parent range | Ritter Range, Sierra Nevada |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1917 by Walter L. Huber[2] |
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White Mountain should not be confused with two other similarly named peaks in California: False White Mountain,[5] also in Yosemite, and White Mountain Peak, in the White Mountains of Inyo County and the third-highest mountain in California.