Mount Emerson

Description

Wikipedia

Mount Emerson is located in the Sierra Nevada in Inyo County in eastern California, United States. Mount Emerson is the 116th highest mountain in California and the 671st highest mountain in the United States.

First ascent

Date

1 Jul 1926

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
Mount Thoreau	3,872 m	↑S 201°	2.1 km
Mount Humphreys	4,263 m	↑NW 332°	3.5 km
Muriel Peak	3,943 m	↑SW 232°	4.4 km

Climbing routes

nearest first

Route	Area	Grade	From summit
Southeast Face (aka the Waterfall Route)	Mt. Emerson	4a	133 m
North Couloir	Mt. Emerson	1	133 m
The Devil Wears Plaid	Checkered Demon	6a	1.9 km
Checkered Demon Couloir	Checkered Demon	4c	1.9 km
Chex Mix	Checkered Demon	5a	1.9 km
North Couloir Direct	Mt. Humphreys	1	3.5 km
Southwest Slope and Northwest Face	Mt. Humphreys	1	3.5 km
East Arete	Mt. Humphreys	4a	3.5 km
NE Couloir to East Ridge	Mt. Humphreys	1+	3.5 km
South East Buttress	Mt. Humphreys	4a	3.5 km
Hutchinson Route	Mt. Humphreys	4a	3.5 km
Humphrey Dumphrey	Mt. Humphreys	5b	3.5 km
S-Knobbish	Mountain Light Wall	6a	4.4 km
Twisted Transistor	Mountain Light Wall	6b+	4.4 km
Snowblind	Mountain Light Wall	5b	4.4 km
Rude Awakening	Mountain Light Wall	6a+	4.4 km
Golden Pillar	Mountain Light Wall	6b	4.4 km
Pocknobbit	Mountain Light Wall	6a	4.4 km
El Duderino	Mountain Light Wall	5c	4.4 km
Tang	Tang	V5	4.7 km
West Arete	Tang	V1	4.7 km
Unknown	Creek Boulder	V1	4.8 km
West Face	Whale Boulder	V1	4.8 km
The Mustache Ride	Mustache Ride, The	V5	4.9 km
Cracked Arete	Cracked Boulder	V4	4.9 km