Mount Mendel

Description

Wikipedia

Mount Mendel is a peak in Fresno County, California. It is in Kings Canyon National Park in the Evolution Region, of the Sierra Nevada and adjacent to Mount Darwin which is on the Sierra crest.

First ascent

Date

15 Jul 1930

Jules Eichorn, Glen Dawson and John Olmstead

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 Stephen Jay Gould	4,072 m	↑NW 326°	0.7 km
Mount Darwin	4,216 m	↑SE 135°	1.2 km
Mount Tom Ross	3,977 m	↑E 100°	1.4 km
Mount Spencer	3,789 m	↑S 179°	2.2 km
Mount Lamarck	4,088 m	↑NE 25°	2.5 km
Mount Haeckel	4,087 m	↑SE 145°	3.3 km

Climbing routes

nearest first

Route	Area	Grade	From summit
Right Mendel Couloir	Mt. Mendel	5a	206 m
W Ridge	Peak 13,360	1-	724 m
Evolution Traverse	Mt. Darwin	5c	1.3 km
North Face - North Ridge	Mt. Haeckel	1	3.3 km
Northwest Ridge	Mt. Haeckel	1	3.3 km
NE Ridge	Mt. Goethe	4a	3.9 km
NE Buttress	Picture Peak	6a+	4.0 km
SW Gully	Picture Peak	1-	4.0 km
South Ridge	Peak 11,874	4c	4.7 km
North Couloir	Clyde Spires	1+	4.8 km
West Ramp of Wizard's Hat	Wizard's Hat	4b	5.3 km
J&J Route	Wizard's Hat	5a	5.3 km
North Ridge	Peak 12,486	1-	5.7 km
The Falcon	Peak 13,040'	6a+	6.0 km
East Face	Point Powell	6b	6.3 km
Harrington Couloir	Mt. Thompson	1-	7.1 km
Sock Dudes	Spillway Boulder	V4	7.6 km
Knuckle F***er Sit	Spillway Boulder	V6	7.6 km
Sock Dudes Sit	Spillway Boulder	V5	7.6 km
Knuckle F***er	Spillway Boulder	V5	7.6 km
Southeast Face (aka the Waterfall Route)	Mt. Emerson	4a	7.9 km
North Couloir	Mt. Emerson	1	7.9 km
McGillicuddy	Mt. Gilbert	6a	8.6 km
North Couloir (Engram Couloir)	Mt. Gilbert	4c	8.6 km
South East Slope	Mt. Gilbert	1-	8.6 km