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Mount Williamson, California

Prominence: 1643 ft, 501 m

Elevation: 14,373 feet, 4381 meters

True Isolation: 5.4 mi, 8.7 km

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 14,379 ft / 4383 m
Subpeaks	Mount Williamson-Northwest Spire (14,108 ft/4300 m)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	36° 39' 21'' N, 118° 18' 40'' W 36.655936, -118.311094 (Dec Deg) 382818 E 4057506 N, Zone 11 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	California
County/Second Level Region	Inyo
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Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 351 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 334) Selected Trip Reports from this site: 1947-08-28 by Frederick Johnson 2012-08-12 by BMS 914 (GPS Track) 2013-07-21 by Mihai Giurgiulescu (GPS Track) 2013-07-21 by Eric Kassan 2013-07-21 by Patrick Bergeron (GPS Track) 2013-08-31 by Rich Stephens 2014-06-29 by Kyle Wilson 2014-07-04 by Jaeson Greer (GPS Track) 2014-07-05 by sukhyung shin 2014-09-21 by James Morehouse 2015-07-25 by Scott Larson (GPS Track) 2015-08-09 by Andrew Riser (GPS Track) 2015-10-23 by Phillip Katzmann 2016-07-27 by Valerie Norton (GPS Track) 2016-09-04 by Derek Tse (GPS Track) 2017-08-11 by Timian Heber 2017-10-14 by Matt Varney (Unsuccessful) (GPS Track) 2018-07-14 by Marcus Lostracco (GPS Track) 2018-08-20 by Rafee Memon (GPS Track) 2018-09-09 by Jason Park (GPS Track) 2018-09-16 by Coby King (GPS Track) 2019-06-24 by Conor Olive (GPS Track) 2019-08-10 by Emily Cheng (GPS Track) 2019-08-28 by Jerry Thomas (GPS Track) 2019-09-20 by Dave Covill 2019-10-07 by Tyler Hofer 2019-10-19 by Ben Brownlee (GPS Track) 2020-08-06 by John Porro 2020-09-06 by Matt Stewart (GPS Track)
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Mt. Williamson and the North fork of Bairs Creek from Highway 395 (2011-04-17). Photo by Mark McCormick. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page (Detailed prominence information) Clean Prominence: 1643 ft/501 m Optimistic Prominence: 1708 ft/521 m Line Parent: Mount Whitney Key Col: Vacation Pass 12,730 ft/3880 m
Isolation	Isolation Page (Detailed isolation information) Distance: 5.4 mi/8.7 km Isolation Limit Point: 36.579011, -118.292499 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database: Mount Whitney (S)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Pacific Ranges Range3: Sierra Nevada Range4: Sequoia Sierra Nevada Range5: Mount Whitney Group
Drainage Basins	Owens Valley Great Basin Internal Drainage-N.A. Worldwide Internal Drainage
Ownership	Land: Inyo National Forest Wilderness/Special Area: John Muir Wilderness Area
Topo Map	Mount Williamson O36118f3 1:24,000
First Ascent	July, 1896 Brown, Bolton Brown, Lucy
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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Other Photos

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The class 3 crack below the summit (2014-09-21). Photo by James Morehouse.
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Mt. Williamson as seen from peak of Tyndall (2016-09-23). Photo by Cameron McNall.
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Chute of Mt. Williamson (2016-09-24). Photo by Cameron McNall.
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Summit of Mt. Williamson (2016-09-24). Photo by Cameron McNall.
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Williamson Bowl and Mount Tyndal, from the bottom of the chute (2017-08-11). Photo by Timian Heber.
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Photo sphere created on my Pixel XL (2019-06-23). Photo by Conor Olive.
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Looking up the chute of the West Face route of Mt Williamson (2019-08-10). Photo by Emily Cheng.
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Cheryl ascending the Williamson gully with the Williamson Bowl and Mount Tyndall in the background (2019-08-28). Photo by Jerry Thomas.
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Cheryl down climbs the last section of the chimney (2019-08-28). Photo by Jerry Thomas.
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Summit with Whitney and Langley behind (2019-08-28). Photo by Cheryl Thomas.
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