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White Mountain
White Mountain is located in California
White Mountain
White Mountain
Location in California
White Mountain is located in the United States
White Mountain
White Mountain
Location in the United States
Highest point
Elevation 12,057 ft (3,675 m) NAVD 88
Prominence 617 ft (188 m)
Geography
Location Yosemite National Park, Tuolumne County, California, U.S.
Parent range Ritter Range, Sierra Nevada
Climbing
First ascent 1917 by Walter L. Huber

White Mountain is a mountain, in the northern part of Yosemite National Park. White Mountain is near both Mount Conness and Ragged Peak. It is the 18th highest mountain, in Yosemite National Park.

It is important not to confuse White Mountain with two other peaks:

  1. False White Mountain, with which White Mountain has been confused, and
  2. White Mountain Peak, the third-highest mountain, in California

On climbing White Mountain

White Mountain is a class 2 climb.

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