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Record SL-817123 · Wikidata Q49052787

Mount Gayley

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Elevation
4,106 m
13,471 ft
Prominence
131 m
Isolation
Coordinates
37.1029° N, 118.4999° W
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Mount Gayley
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Description

Wikipedia

Mount Gayley is a 13,510-foot-elevation (4,120-meter) mountain summit located one mile east of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Inyo County, California, United States. It is situated in the Palisades area of the John Muir Wilderness, on land managed by Inyo National Forest. It is approximately 13 miles (21 km) west-southwest of the community of Big Pine, 0.67 miles (1.08 km) southwest of Temple Crag, and 0.5 miles (0.80 km) north-northeast of parent Mount Sill. Mount Gayley ranks as the 59th highest summit in California.

First ascent

Date
1927
Norman Clyde
Source · wikipedia

Best months

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

Neighbouring summits

Name Elevation Bearing Distance
Apex Peak 4,211 m SW 210° 0.7 km
Mount Sill 4,316 m S 201° 0.8 km
Temple Crag 3,945 m NE 45° 1.1 km
Polemonium Peak 4,296 m SW 225° 1.5 km
Barrett Peak 4,258 m SW 205° 1.5 km
Starlight Peak 4,336 m SW 237° 1.6 km

Climbing routes

nearest first
Route Area Grade From summit
South West Ridge (aka Yellow Brick Road) Mt. Gayley 1- 80 m
North Couloir Mt. Sill 1 828 m
Swiss Arete Mt. Sill 5a 828 m
North Couloir Variation Mt. Sill 3 828 m
Temple, Galey, Sill Traverse Temple Crag 5a 1.1 km
Venusian Blind Temple Crag 5a 1.1 km
Dark Star Temple Crag 6b 1.1 km
Moon Goddess Arete Temple Crag 5b 1.1 km
Planaria Temple Crag 6b 1.1 km
Sun Ribbon Arete Temple Crag 6a 1.1 km
Backside of Beyond Temple Crag 5c 1.1 km
Barefoot Bynum Temple Crag 6a+ 1.1 km
Eclipsed Arete Temple Crag 4c 1.1 km
Mendenhall Couloir Temple Crag 1 1.1 km
V-Notch Couloir Polemonium Peak 1+ 1.6 km
Southwest Chute Polemonium Peak 1+ 1.6 km
Traverse from Mt Sill Polemonium Peak 1+ 1.6 km
U-Notch Couloir North Palisade 4c 1.6 km
West Face North Palisade 4b 1.6 km
Southwest Chute North Palisade 1 1.6 km
Starlight Buttress Starlight Peak 5a 1.6 km
Northwest Chute Starlight Peak 1 1.6 km
North Couloir Thunderbolt Peak 1 1.7 km
Thunderbolt to Sill Traverse Thunderbolt Peak 5c 1.7 km
Austrian Arete Thunderbolt Peak 5a 1.7 km