Pilot Knob
Southeast aspect, from Packsaddle Lake
Highest point
Elevation12,245 ft (3,732 m)[1][2]
Prominence645 ft (197 m)[3]
Parent peakMount Morrow (12,402 ft)[4]
Isolation2.50 mi (4.02 km)[4]
ListingSierra Peaks Section
Coordinates37°16′24″N 118°45′26″W / 37.2734051°N 118.7571109°W / 37.2734051; -118.7571109[5]
Geography
Pilot Knob is located in California
Pilot Knob
Pilot Knob
Location in California
Pilot Knob is located in the United States
Pilot Knob
Pilot Knob
Pilot Knob (the United States)
LocationFresno County, California, U.S.
Parent rangeSierra Nevada[3]
Topo mapUSGS Mount Hilgard
Geology
Age of rockCretaceous
Mountain typeFault block
Type of rockGranodiorite
Climbing
First ascentUnknown[6]
Easiest routeclass 2[4] East slope

Pilot Knob is a 12,245-foot-elevation (3,732 meter) mountain summit located in Fresno County in the Sierra Nevada mountain range in northern California, United States.[5] It is situated at the intersection of Piute Canyon and French Canyon, in the John Muir Wilderness, on land managed by Sierra National Forest. It is set 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of Merriam Peak and three miles north of the Matthes Glaciers. Pilot Knob is the 360th-highest peak in California,[4] and topographic relief is significant as the west aspect rises 2,800 feet (850 meters) above Hutchinson Meadow in approximately one mile. This mountain was likely named by the USGS during the 1907–09 survey for the Mt. Goddard Quadrangle,[2] and the toponym has been officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.[5]

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Pilot Knob is located in an alpine climate zone.[7] 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 (orographic lift), causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall onto the range. Precipitation runoff from this mountain drains into Piute Creek which is a tributary of the South Fork San Joaquin River.

See also

References

  1. USGS Topographic Map - Mount Hilgard
  2. 1 2 Peter Browning (1986), Place Names of the Sierra Nevada: From Abbot to Zumwalt, Wilderness Press, ISBN 9780899970479, p. 170
  3. 1 2 "Pilot Knob, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Pilot Knob - 12,245' CA". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
  5. 1 2 3 "Pilot Knob". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
  6. George Bloom, Hervey Voge, and Ray Van Aken, A Climber’s Guide to the High Sierra (1954)
  7. "Climate of the Sierra Nevada". Encyclopædia Britannica.
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