Mount Gabb

Mountain in California, United States
Mount Gabb is located in California
Mount Gabb
Mount Gabb
Location in California
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Mount Gabb is located in the United States
Mount Gabb
Mount Gabb
Location in the United States
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LocationFresno County, California, U.S.Parent rangeSierra NevadaTopo mapUSGS Mount AbbotClimbingFirst ascentJune 1917 by A. L. Jordan and H. H. Bliss[3]

Mount Gabb (13,747 feet (4,190 m)) is in the central Sierra Nevada in the U.S. state of California.[4] Mount Gabb is in the John Muir Wilderness of Sierra National Forest and is named after William More Gabb, a paleontologist and member of the Whitney Survey.[3]

The ascent up the south face is a class 2-3 climb from Lake Italy. Alternatively, the peak can be accessed from Upper Mills Creek Lake, and is a class 2 climb.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Mount Gabb, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
  2. ^ "Mount Gabb". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
  3. ^ a b Peter Browning (2011). Sierra Nevada Place Names: From Abbot to Zumwalt. Great West Books. pp. 86–87. ISBN 978-0-944220-23-8.
  4. ^ Mount Abbot, CA (Map). TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Retrieved April 13, 2016.
  5. ^ "Mount Gabb". Summit Post. February 15, 2006. Retrieved August 14, 2018.


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