List of first ascents in the Sierra Nevada (U.S.)

This list of first ascents in the Sierra Nevada can be sorted by any listed characteristic. The route taken and its Yosemite Decimal System rating are given where known. The only criterion for inclusion is the historic notability of the climb when it was completed. Both first ascents of summits by any route, and first ascents of technical non-summit routes, are listed.

Peak | Height (ft) | Height (m) | Route | YDS class | Climbers | Date | Source

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Red Lake Peak | 10,068  | 3,069 |  |  |  John C. Fremont and Charles Preuss | February 1844 | Farquhar 1965
Mount Langley | 14,032  | 4,277 | South Slopes | 1 | William Bellows | 1864 | Secor
Red Slate Mountain | 13,156  | 4,010 |  | 1 | James Gardiner * disputed by Farquhar 1926 | 1864 | Secor
Mount Brewer | 13,576  | 4,138 | South Ridge | 2 | William Brewer, Charles Hoffmann | July 2, 1864 | Secor
Mount Tyndall | 14,025  | 4,275 | North Rib | 3 | Clarence King, Richard Cotter | July 6, 1864 | Secor
Mount Clark | 11,527  | 3,513 | Southeast Arête | 4 | Clarence King, James Gardiner | July 12, 1866 | Secor
Cathedral Peak | 10,911  | 3,326 | West Face | 4 | John Muir | September 1869 | Secor
Mount Lyell | 13,120  | 4,000 | Lyell Glacier | 2-3 | John B. Tilestone | August 29, 1871 | Secor
Mount Whitney | 14,505  | 4,421 | West Slope | 2 | "The Fishermen" Charles Begole, Albert Johnson, John Lucas | August 18, 1873 | Secor
Half Dome | 8,836  | 2,693 | Cables Route | 6 | George Anderson | October 12, 1875 | Farquhar
Mount Starr King | 9,096  | 2,772 | Northeast Side | 5.2 | George Bailey, E. S. Schuyler | August 1876 | Secor
Mount Maclure | 12,886  | 3,928 | Southeast Ridge | 3 | Willard Johnson | 1883 | Secor
Mount Williamson | 14,389  | 4,386 | Southeast ridge from George Creek | 2 | W.L. Hunter, C. Mulholland | 1884 | Secor
Split Mountain | 14,064  | 4,287 |  | 1 | Frank Salque and party | July 1887 | Secor
Junction Peak | 13,888  | 4,233 | South Ridge | 3 | Edwin Copeland, E.N. Henderson | August 8, 1899 | Secor
Mount Sill | 14,159  | 4,316 | Southwest slope | 2-3 | Joseph N. LeConte, James Moffit, James Hutchinson, Robert Pike (Sierra Club) | July 24, 1903 | Secor
North Palisade | 14,248  | 4,343 | The LeConte Route | 4 | James S. Hutchinson, Joseph N. LeConte, James K. Moffitt  | July 25, 1903 | Secor
Table Mountain | 13,627  | 4,154 | West Ridge, South Side | 3 | Gilbert Hassel, Fred Shoup & Paul Shoup | August 25, 1908 | Secor
Temple Crag | 12,982  | 3,957 | Southeast face | 3 | United States Geological Survey | 1909 | Secor
Milestone Mountain | 13,641  | 4,158 | Southwest Ridge | 3 | William E. Colby, Francis Farquhar & Robert Price | July 14, 1912 | Secor
Mount Muir | 14,018  | 4,273 | West face | 3 | LeRoy Jeffers | 1919 | Secor
Mount Humphreys | 13,992  | 4,265 | Southwest Slope and Northwest Face | 4 | George Bunn and party | August 3, 1919 | Secor
Black Kaweah | 13,680  | 4,170 | West Ridge | 3 | Onis Brown, James Hutchinson, Duncan McDuffie | August 11, 1920 | Secor
Triple Divide Peak | 12,634  | 3,851 | East Ridge | 2-3 | James Hutchinson, Charles Noble | 1920 | Secor
Middle Palisade | 14,018  | 4,273 | Farquhar Route | 4 | Francis Farquhar, Ansel Hall | August 26, 1921 | Secor
Mount Agassiz | 13,899  | 4,236 |  |  | Norman Clyde | August 30, 1925 | Secor
Mount Russell | 14,094  | 4,296 | East ridge | 3 | Norman Clyde | June 24, 1926 | Secor
Mount Morrison | 12,366  | 3,769 | East Slope | 2 | John Mendenhall or Norman Clyde | 1928 | Secor
Clyde Minaret | 12,264  | 3,738 | Glacier Route | 4 | Norman Clyde | June 27, 1928 | Secor
Norman Clyde Peak | 13,861  | 4,225 | North face | 3 | Norman Clyde | June 9, 1930 | Secor
Thunderbolt Peak | 14,003  | 4,268 | Underhill Couloir | 4 | Lewis Clark, Norman Clyde, Glen Dawson, Jules Eichorn, Francis Farquhar, Bestor Robinson, Robert L. M. Underhill | August 13, 1931 | Secor
Mount Farquhar | 12,899  | 3,932 | South Ridge | 3 | Norman Clyde and party | July 17, 1932 | Secor
Polemonium Peak | 14,080  | 4,290 | U Notch | 5.2 | Lewis Clark, Julie Mortimer, Jack Riegelhuth, Ted Waller | August 2, 1933 | Secor
Mount Le Conte | 13,930  | 4,250 |  | 3 | Norman Clyde | June 1935 | Secor
North Dome | 7,542  | 2,299 | Royal Arches Route | 5.10 | Adam, Harris, Davis | 1936 | Roper; Steck
Lost Arrow Spire | 6,930  | 2,110 | Spire Chimney | 5.10 | Ax Nelson, John Salathé | 1947 | Roper; Steck
Sentinel Rock | 7,038  | 2,145 | Steck-Salathe Route | 5.9 | John Salathé, Allen Steck | 1950 | Roper; Steck
Palisade Crest | 13,559  | 4,133 | Northwest ridge | 4 | Don Jensen, Joan Jensen, Rex Post | 1969 | Secor

## References[edit]

* Farquhar, Francis P. (1926). Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club.
* Farquhar, Francis Peloubet (1965). History of the Sierra Nevada. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-01551-7.

* King, Clarence (1871). Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada (1905 ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. ISBN 0-585-27432-0. Retrieved 2008-09-20.

* Roper, Steve; Steck, Allen (1979). Fifty Classic Climbs of North America. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. ISBN 0-87156-292-8.
* Secor, R.J. (1999). The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails (2nd ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers. ISBN 978-0898866254.

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Sierra Nevada

Mountains|

| Peaks >14,000 ft|

* Whitney
* Williamson
* North Palisade
* Sill
* Russell
* Split
* Langley
* Tyndall
* Muir
* Middle Palisade

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Northern peaks|

* Lola
* Castle
* Granite Chief
* Rose
* Tallac
* Pyramid
* Freel

Central peaks|

* Red Lake
* Round Top
* Mokelumne
* Sonora
* Leavitt
* Dana
* Lyell
* Banner
* Ritter
* Mammoth

Southern peaks|

* Humphreys
* Tom
* Bear Creek Spire
* Darwin
* Agassiz
* Kaweah
* Brewer
* Olancha
* Kern
* Double

Climbing|

* Peak list
* First ascents

Passes|

* Fredonyer
* Beckwourth
* Yuba
* Donner
* Mt. Rose
* Spooner
* Echo
* Carson
* Monitor
* Ebbetts
* Sonora
* Tioga
* Minaret
* Kaweah
* Sherman
* Tehachapi

Rivers|

* Feather
* Yuba
* Bear
* American
* Mokelumne
* Cosumnes
* Calaveras
* Stanislaus
* Tuolumne
* Merced
* Chowchilla
* Fresno
* San Joaquin
* Kings
* Kaweah
* Tule
* Kern
* Truckee
* Carson
* Walker
* Owens

Lakes|

* Tahoe
* Aloha
* Echo
* Fallen Leaf
* Spooner
* Mono
* Almanor
* Oroville
* Isabella
* Donner
* Independence
* Shaver
* Huntington
* Florence
* Edison
* Wishon
* Courtright
* Tenaya
* Mammoth
* Bass
* Crowley
* Convict
* Hell for Sure

Protected
areas|

| National parks
and monuments|

* Kings Canyon
* Sequoia
* Yosemite
* Devils Postpile
* Giant Sequoia

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National forests|

* Eldorado
* Humboldt–Toiyabe
* Inyo
* Lake Tahoe Basin
* Lassen
* Plumas
* Sequoia
* Sierra
* Stanislaus
* Tahoe

Wilderness areas|

* Ansel Adams
* Bright Star
* Bucks Lake
* Carson–Iceberg
* Chimney Peak
* Dinkey Lakes
* Domeland
* Emigrant
* Golden Trout
* Hoover
* Ishi
* Jennie Lakes
* John Krebs
* John Muir
* Kaiser
* Kiavah
* Mokelumne
* Monarch
* Mount Rose
* Owens Peak
* Owens River Headwaters
* Sacatar Trail
* Sequoia-Kings Canyon
* Yosemite

State parks|

* Burton Creek
* Calaveras Big Trees
* D. L. Bliss
* Donner Memorial
* Ed Z'berg Sugar Pine Point
* Emerald Bay
* Grover Hot Springs
* Lake Tahoe Nevada
* Plumas-Eureka
* South Yuba River
* Van Sickle

Communities|

* Angels Camp
* Auburn
* Bridgeport
* Chester
* Colfax
* Grass Valley
* Incline Village
* Jackson
* Kernville
* Loyalton
* Mammoth Lakes
* Mariposa
* Markleeville
* Nevada City
* Oakhurst
* Paradise
* Placerville
* Portola
* Quincy
* San Andreas
* Sonora
* South Lake Tahoe
* Susanville
* Sutter Creek
* Tahoe City
* Tehachapi
* Truckee

Ski areas|

* Alpine Meadows
* Badger Pass
* Bear Valley
* Boreal
* China Peak
* Dodge Ridge
* Donner Ski Ranch
* Heavenly
* Homewood
* June Mountain
* Kirkwood
* Mammoth Mountain
* Northstar
* Sierra at Tahoe
* Palisades Tahoe
* Sugar Bowl
* Tahoe Donner

Trails|

* High Sierra Trail
* John Muir Trail
* Pacific Crest Trail
* Sierra High Route

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