Mount Gabb facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Mount Gabb |
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Mount Gabb as viewed from the east
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 13,747 ft (4,190 m) |
Prominence | 2,581 ft (787 m) |
Listing | California highest major peaks 11th |
Geography | |
Location | Fresno County, California, U.S. |
Parent range | Sierra Nevada |
Topo map | USGS Mount Abbot |
Climbing | |
First ascent | June 1917 by A. L. Jordan and H. H. Bliss |
Mount Gabb (13,747 feet (4,190 m)) is in the central Sierra Nevada in the U.S. state of California. Mount Gabb is in the John Muir Wilderness of Sierra National Forest and is named after William More Gabb, a paleontologist and member of the Whitney Survey.
The ascent up the south face is a class 2-3 climb from Lake Italy. Alternatively, the peak can be accessed from Upper Mills Creek Lake, and is a class 2 climb.
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