Mount Eddy
Mount Eddy is the highest peak of the Trinity Mountains, a mountain range of the Klamath Mountains System, located in Siskiyou County, and Trinity County in northern California.[4]
The mountain is in the Mount Eddy RNA, a Research Natural Area on the Shasta–Trinity National Forest, a unit of the United States Forest Service. The mountain is composed of mesozoic ultramafic rock, predominantly serpentinized peridotite.[5]
Geography
The summit rises to an elevation of 9,037 feet (2,754 m), and is the highest point in Trinity County, the ninth most prominent peak in California, and the highest summit west of Interstate 5 in the United States.[2]
The peak is west of Mount Shasta City and the massive Mount Shasta volcano. It is protected within the Shasta-Trinity National Forest.
The mountain receives heavy snowfall during the winter due to its altitude.[6]
The mountain is named in honor of Olive Paddock Eddy, who is mistakenly held to be the first woman to climb Mount Shasta. She was 8 months pregnant at the time that she is credited with climbing the volcano. Harriet Catherine Eddy was actually the first woman to summit the mountain. Nelson Harvey Eddy arrived in the area from New York State in 1856. He later became a successful rancher in the Shasta Valley. The original Wintu name might have been Num-mel-be-le-sas-pam or "west blaze mountain".[7]
Climate
Climate data for Mount Eddy 41.3178 N, 122.4737 W, Elevation: 8,468 ft (2,581 m) (1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 34.8 (1.6) | 34.3 (1.3) | 36.1 (2.3) | 40.1 (4.5) | 48.4 (9.1) | 57.4 (14.1) | 67.4 (19.7) | 66.9 (19.4) | 61.5 (16.4) | 51.0 (10.6) | 39.3 (4.1) | 33.9 (1.1) | 47.6 (8.7) |
Daily mean °F (°C) | 27.7 (−2.4) | 26.4 (−3.1) | 27.5 (−2.5) | 30.4 (−0.9) | 37.9 (3.3) | 45.9 (7.7) | 55.0 (12.8) | 54.6 (12.6) | 49.6 (9.8) | 40.9 (4.9) | 31.9 (−0.1) | 27.1 (−2.7) | 37.9 (3.3) |
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 20.5 (−6.4) | 18.5 (−7.5) | 19.0 (−7.2) | 20.8 (−6.2) | 27.5 (−2.5) | 34.5 (1.4) | 42.7 (5.9) | 42.2 (5.7) | 37.7 (3.2) | 30.8 (−0.7) | 24.5 (−4.2) | 20.2 (−6.6) | 28.2 (−2.1) |
Average precipitation inches (mm) | 11.45 (291) | 10.22 (260) | 10.61 (269) | 6.79 (172) | 5.04 (128) | 2.50 (64) | 0.66 (17) | 0.35 (8.9) | 1.13 (29) | 3.30 (84) | 6.77 (172) | 11.84 (301) | 70.66 (1,795.9) |
Source: PRISM Climate Group[8] |
See also
- Media related to Mount Eddy at Wikimedia Commons
- List of highest points in California by county
- List of Ultras of the United States
References
- ^ a b "Eddy". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
- ^ a b "Mount Eddy, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
- ^ "California County High Points". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
- ^ "Mount Eddy Topo Map, Siskiyou and Trinity Counties CA". Topozone.com.
- ^ "Research Natural Area Establishment Record" (PDF). Retrieved 2022-01-06.
- ^ "Subsection M261Aj – Upper Scott Mountains". U.S. Forest Service. Archived from the original on 2007-08-13. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
- ^ Gudde, Erwin G. (1949). California Place Names. Berkeley: Univ. of California Press. p. 103.
- ^ "PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University". PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
To find the table data on the PRISM website, start by clicking Coordinates (under Location); copy Latitude and Longitude figures from top of table; click Zoom to location; click Precipitation, Minimum temp, Mean temp, Maximum temp; click 30-year normals, 1991-2020; click 800m; click Retrieve Time Series button.
External links
- "Mount Eddy". SummitPost.org.
- "Mount Eddy". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- "Topographic map of Mount Eddy". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
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