Langille Peak is a mountain summit located west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Fresno County of central California, United States. It is situated in northern Kings Canyon National Park, west-southwest of the community of Big Pine, south of Mount Thompson, southwest of Mount Goode, and east of Black Giant. Topographic relief is significant as the east aspect rises above Le Conte Canyon in less than one mile. The approach to this remote peak is made via the John Muir Trail.
History
The peak's name (pronounced "Lan'jill") honors Harold Douglas Langille (1874–1954), forest inspector for the General Land Office, Department of the Interior, who visited Sierra Forest Reserve on an inspection tour in 1904. The name was officially adopted by the USGS at the suggestion of Charles Howard Shinn, head ranger of the forest reserve.Francis P. Farquhar, Place Names of the High Sierra (1926)
The first ascent of the summit was made in August 1926 by Nathaniel L. Goodrich, Marjory Hurd, and Dean Peabody, Jr. via the West Ridge.Alan M. Hedden and David R. Brower, A Climber's Guide to the High Sierra (1954)
Climbing Established climbing routes:R. J. Secor, The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, Trails, 2009, Third Edition, Mountaineers Books, , page 277.
West Ridge – – First ascent 1926 East Buttress – class 4-5 – FA 1970 Southeast Face – class 4 – FA 1971 Southwest Slope – class 2 – FA 2003
Climate According to the Köppen climate classification system, Langille Peak is located in an alpine climate zone. Most weather fronts originate in the Pacific Ocean, and travel east toward the Sierra Nevada mountains. As fronts approach, they are forced upward by the peaks, causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall onto the range (orographic lift). Precipitation runoff from this mountain drains into the Middle Fork Kings River.
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See also
List of mountain peaks of California
References
External links
Weather forecast: Langille Peak