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Mount Brewer
Mount Brewer.jpg
Mount Brewer from East Lake
Highest point
Elevation 13,576 ft (4,138 m) NAVD 88
Prominence 1,168 ft (356 m)
Parent peak Midway Mountain
Listing
  • SPS Emblem peak
  • Western States Climbers Star peak
Geography
Location Tulare County, California, U.S.
Parent range Sierra Nevada, Great Western Divide
Topo map USGS Mount Brewer
Climbing
First ascent July 2, 1864 by William H. Brewer and Charles F. Hoffmann
Easiest route Easy scramble, class 2

Mount Brewer is on the Great Western Divide, a sub-range of the Sierra Nevada in California. It is located in Kings Canyon National Park,

The peak was named for William Henry Brewer who worked on the first California Geological Survey and was the first Chair of Agriculture at Yale University's Sheffield Scientific School. He was chief of the field party that explored the central High Sierra in 1864.

Depiction

Albert Bierstadt - Mount Brewer from King's River Canyon, CA

Images for kids

  • "Mt. Brewer, Kings River Canyon (Proposed as a national park)," California, 1936., ca. 1936 - NARA - 519924

    South Guard, Mt. Brewer (center) and North Guard (right), by Ansel Adams ca. 1936

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