Finger Peaks
Northwest aspect
Highest point
Elevation11,498 ft (3,505 m)[1]
Prominence818 ft (249 m)[2]
Parent peakSawtooth Ridge (11,780 ft)[3]
Isolation1.39 mi (2.24 km)[3]
Coordinates38°05′14″N 119°24′26″W / 38.0871973°N 119.4072716°W / 38.0871973; -119.4072716[4]
Geography
Finger Peaks is located in California
Finger Peaks
Finger Peaks
Location in California
Finger Peaks is located in the United States
Finger Peaks
Finger Peaks
Finger Peaks (the United States)
LocationYosemite National Park
Tuolumne County, California, U.S.
Parent rangeSierra Nevada
Topo mapUSGS Matterhorn Peak
Geology
Age of rockCretaceous
Mountain typeFault block
Type of rockGranodiorite
Climbing
First ascent1931
Easiest routeclass 4 scrambling[3]

Finger Peaks is a granitic mountain summit with an elevation of 11,498 feet (3,505 m) located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in northern California, United States. The three peaks are situated in Yosemite National Park and Tuolumne County.[5] The landform is set immediately west of Burro Pass, 1.5 mile south of Eocene Peak, and 1.4 mile southwest of Matterhorn Peak. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,700 feet (520 meters) above Piute Creek in one-half mile. The first ascent of the summit was made July 19, 1931, by Jules Eichorn, Glen Dawson, and Walter Brem.[6] This landform's toponym has been in publications since at least 1925, and was officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names in 1932.[7][4]

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Finger Peaks is located in an alpine climate zone.[8] Most weather fronts originate in the Pacific Ocean, and travel east toward the Sierra Nevada mountains. As fronts approach, they are forced upward by the peaks (orographic lift), causing moisture in the form of rain or snowfall to drop onto the range. Precipitation runoff from this landform drains north into Piute Creek which is a tributary of the Tuolumne River, and south into Matterhorn Creek which is also part of the Tuolumne drainage basin.

See also

Finger Peaks seen from Matterhorn Peak

References

  1. ↑ Suzanne Swedo, Hiking Yosemite National Park, 2nd Edition, 2005, Globe Pequot Press, ISBN 9780762753727, p. 242.
  2. ↑ "Finger Peaks, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
  3. 1 2 3 "Finger Peaks - 11,498' CA". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
  4. 1 2 "Finger Peaks". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
  5. ↑ United States Geographic Board, Decisions of the United States Geographic Board No. 30, U.S. Government Printing Office, June 30, 1932, p. 9
  6. ↑ Swift, Robert L.; Nelson, David A. (1954). "A Climber's Guide to the High Sierra".
  7. ↑ Claude Hale Birdseye (1925), Spirit Leveling in California, 1896-1923, U.S. Government Printing Office, p. 717
  8. ↑ "Climate of the Sierra Nevada". Encyclopædia Britannica.
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