Mount Maclure is the nearest neighbor to
Mount Lyell, the highest point in
Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park ( ) is a List of national parks of the United States, national park of the United States in California. It is bordered on the southeast by Sierra National Forest and on the northwest by Stanislaus National Forest. The p ...
. Mount Maclure is the fifth-highest mountain of Yosemite.
Mount Maclure is located at the southeast end of the
Cathedral Range
The Cathedral Range is a mountain range immediately to the south of Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite National Park. The range is an offshoot of the Sierra Nevada. The range is named after Cathedral Peak, which resembles a cathedral spire.
Geograp ...
, about northwest of Lyell. The summit is on the boundary between
Madera and
Tuolumne counties which is also the boundary between the park and the
Ansel Adams Wilderness
The Ansel Adams Wilderness is a wilderness area in the Sierra Nevada of California, United States. The wilderness spans ; 33.9% of the territory lies in the Inyo National Forest, 65.8% is in the Sierra National Forest, and the remaining 0.3% co ...
. It was named in honor of
William Maclure
William Maclure (27 October 176323 March 1840) was an Americanized Scottish geologist, cartographer and philanthropist. He is known as the 'father of American geology'. As a social experimenter on new types of community life, he collaborated w ...
, a pioneer in American geology who produced the first geological maps of the United States.
, one of the last remaining
glacier
A glacier (; or ) is a persistent body of dense ice, a form of rock, that is constantly moving downhill under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. It acquires ...
s in Yosemite, is situated on the mountain's northern flank.
The easiest climbing route leaves the
John Muir Trail
The John Muir Trail (JMT) is a long-distance trail in the Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada mountain range of California, passing through Yosemite National Park, Yosemite, Kings Canyon National Park, Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Park, Se ...
about south of
Tuolumne Meadows
Tuolumne Meadows () is a gentle, dome-studded, sub-alpine meadow area along the Tuolumne River in the eastern section of Yosemite National Park in the United States. Its approximate location is . Its approximate elevation is . The term ''Tuolumn ...
and traverses the Maclure Glacier to the summit.
See also
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Rodgers Peak (California)
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Simmons Peak
Simmons Peak is a mountain, in the Tuolumne Meadows region of Yosemite National Park. In difficulty, its routes range from scrambling
Scrambling is a mountaineering term for ascending steep terrain using one's hands to assist in holds and ba ...
References
Mountains of Yosemite National Park
Mountains of the Ansel Adams Wilderness
Mountains of Madera County, California
Mountains of Tuolumne County, California
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