Mount Brewer is on the Great Western Divide, a sub-range of the Sierra Nevada in California. It is located in Kings Canyon National Park,[8]
Mount Brewer | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 13,576 ft (4,138 m) NAVD 88[1] |
Prominence | 1,168 ft (356 m)[1] |
Parent peak | Midway Mountain[2] |
Listing |
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Coordinates | 36°42′31″N 118°29′07″W / 36.7085481°N 118.4853741°W[5] |
Geography | |
Location | Tulare County, California, U.S. |
Parent range | Sierra Nevada, Great Western Divide |
Topo map | USGS Mount Brewer[1] |
Climbing | |
First ascent | July 2, 1864 by William H. Brewer and Charles F. Hoffmann[6] |
Easiest route | Easy scramble, class 2[7] |
The peak was named for William Henry Brewer who worked on the first California Geological Survey and was the first Chair of Agriculture at Yale University's Sheffield Scientific School. He was chief of the field party that explored the central High Sierra in 1864.[6]