Mount Agassiz

Description

Wikipedia

Mount Agassiz, at 13,899 feet (4,236 m), is one of the 20 highest peaks of California. It is the northernmost and easiest to climb of the major Palisades summits. This peak is not to be confused with the 9,967-foot (3,038 m) peak by the same name in Desolation Wilderness, also in the California Sierra.

First ascent

Date

30 Aug 1925

Norman Clyde

Source · wikipedia

Best months

Hiking score 0–100 · 10-yr climate averages

Rows beneath each bar: mean temperature, monthly precipitation. Highest-scoring month in red.

Neighbouring summits

Name	Elevation	Bearing	Distance
Aperture Peak	4,043 m	↑N 2°	0.7 km
Mount Winchell	4,200 m	↑SE 154°	0.9 km
Mount Robinson	3,951 m	↑NE 61°	1.4 km
Gendarme Peak	4,039 m	↑N 357°	1.6 km
Picture Puzzle	4,048 m	↑N 338°	1.9 km
Thunderbolt Peak	4,268 m	↑SE 144°	2.0 km

Climbing routes

nearest first

Route	Area	Grade	From summit
East Arete	Mt. Winchell	1-	905 m
Southwest Chute	Mt. Winchell	4c	905 m
McKenzie's Arete	Mt. Winchell	6b	905 m
West Arete	Mt. Winchell	5b	905 m
North Couloir	Thunderbolt Peak	1	1.9 km
Thunderbolt to Sill Traverse	Thunderbolt Peak	5c	1.9 km
Austrian Arete	Thunderbolt Peak	5a	1.9 km
Southwest Chute 1	Thunderbolt Peak	1+	1.9 km
Southwest Buttress	Thunderbolt Peak	5a	1.9 km
Underhill Couloir	Thunderbolt Peak	1	1.9 km
Keith-Lowery Route	Isosceles Peak	5a	2.1 km
West - East Summit Traverse	Isosceles Peak	1+	2.1 km
West Chute	Isosceles Peak	5a	2.1 km
Northeast Face	Isosceles Peak	1+	2.1 km
Southwest Buttress	Isosceles Peak	4c	2.1 km
Southwest Face	Isosceles Peak	1+	2.1 km
The Tangerine	Isosceles Peak	6a	2.1 km
Southwest Chute	Isosceles Peak	1+	2.1 km
West Face	Isosceles Peak	5c	2.1 km
The Diamond	Two Eagle Peak	4c	2.2 km
Starlight Buttress	Starlight Peak	5a	2.3 km
Northwest Chute	Starlight Peak	1	2.3 km
U-Notch Couloir	North Palisade	4c	2.5 km
West Face	North Palisade	4b	2.5 km
Southwest Chute	North Palisade	1	2.5 km