Rocktype UNKNOWN
Altitude 3903m a.s.l
Faces N
Clarence King, East Face (III 5.10b), High Sierra © Chris Owen
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Mount Clarence King, located in the Kings Canyon National Park, is named for Clarence King, who worked on the Whitney Survey, the first geological survey of California and wrote a best-selling book entitled, 'Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada' in 1872.
It is a striking peak when viewed from all sides, particularly from the Woods Creek drainage and Sixty Lake Basin. It's 5.4 summit block was the most difficult rock climb in nineteenth-century America and Bolton C. Brown used a knotted rope to pull himself up the summit crux in August of 1896.
It is a popular peak, and can be reached from all sides. The south side provides the easiest access, and the difficult section is confined to the summit blocks. Because the peak is on the King Spur, a separate range from the Sierra Crest, it commands a terrific view of not only the Sierra Crest to the east, but much of SEKI, from the Palisades in the north, to the Kaweahs to the south.
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