Carson Peak
Climate
According to the Köppen climate classification system, Carson Peak has an alpine climate. 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 tributaries of Rush Creek.
History
The peak was named after Roy Carson, who died in 1949. While Roy was employed by the Rush Creek Hydroelectric Project in the area, he established the area's first resort in 1916, known as Carson's Camp, at Silver Lake. The fishing resort featured tents until 1920 when the first cabin was completed. This geographical feature's name has been officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.
Gallery
See also
References
- ^ "Carson Peak - 10,908' CA". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
- ^ "Carson Peak, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
- ^ "Carson Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
- ^ Lipshie, Steven R. (2001). Geologic guidebook to the Long Valley-Mono Craters region of Eastern California. South Coast Geological Society Publisher. p. 210.
- ^ Benson, Jeremy (2017). Backcountry Ski & Snowboard Routes: California. Mountaineers Books. ISBN 9781594859007.
- ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11 (5): 1633. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606.
- ^ Peter Browning, Place Names of the Sierra Nevada: From Abbot to Zumwalt, Wilderness Press, 1986, ISBN 9780899970479, page 32.
External links
- Weather forecast: Carson Peak
- Webcam
- Carson Peak climbing: Mountainproject.com