List of first ascents in the Sierra Nevada (U.S.)

This list of first ascents in the Sierra Nevada can be sorted by any listed characteristic. The route taken and its Yosemite Decimal System rating are given where known. The only criterion for inclusion is the historic notability of the climb when it was completed. Both first ascents of summits by any route, and first ascents of technical non-summit routes, are listed.

Peak	Height (ft)	Height (m)	Route	YDS class	Climbers	Date	Source
Red Lake Peak	10,068	3,069			John C. Fremont and Charles Preuss	February 1844	Farquhar 1965
Mount Langley	14,032	4,277	South Slopes	1	William Bellows	1864	Secor
Red Slate Mountain	13,156	4,010		1	James Gardiner * disputed by Farquhar 1926	1864	Secor
Mount Brewer	13,576	4,138	South Ridge	2	William Brewer, Charles Hoffmann	July 2, 1864	Secor
Mount Tyndall	14,025	4,275	North Rib	3	Clarence King, Richard Cotter	July 6, 1864	Secor
Mount Clark	11,527	3,513	Southeast Arête	4	Clarence King, James Gardiner	July 12, 1866	Secor
Cathedral Peak	10,911	3,326	West Face	4	John Muir	September 1869	Secor
Mount Lyell	13,120	4,000	Lyell Glacier	2-3	John B. Tilestone	August 29, 1871	Secor
Mount Whitney	14,505	4,421	West Slope	2	"The Fishermen" Charles Begole, Albert Johnson, John Lucas	August 18, 1873	Secor
Half Dome	8,836	2,693	Cables Route	6	George Anderson	October 12, 1875	Farquhar
Mount Starr King	9,096	2,772	Northeast Side	5.2	George Bailey, E. S. Schuyler	August 1876	Secor
Mount Maclure	12,886	3,928	Southeast Ridge	3	Willard Johnson	1883	Secor
Mount Williamson	14,389	4,386	Southeast ridge from George Creek	2	W.L. Hunter, C. Mulholland	1884	Secor
Split Mountain	14,064	4,287		1	Frank Salque and party	July 1887	Secor
Junction Peak	13,888	4,233	South Ridge	3	Edwin Copeland, E.N. Henderson	August 8, 1899	Secor
Mount Sill	14,159	4,316	Southwest slope	2-3	Joseph N. LeConte, James Moffit, James Hutchinson, Robert Pike (Sierra Club)	July 24, 1903	Secor
North Palisade	14,248	4,343	The LeConte Route	4	James S. Hutchinson, Joseph N. LeConte, James K. Moffitt	July 25, 1903	Secor
Table Mountain	13,627	4,154	West Ridge, South Side	3	Gilbert Hassel, Fred Shoup & Paul Shoup	August 25, 1908	Secor
Temple Crag	12,982	3,957	Southeast face	3	United States Geological Survey	1909	Secor
Milestone Mountain	13,641	4,158	Southwest Ridge	3	William E. Colby, Francis Farquhar & Robert Price	July 14, 1912	Secor
Mount Muir	14,018	4,273	West face	3	LeRoy Jeffers	1919	Secor
Mount Humphreys	13,992	4,265	Southwest Slope and Northwest Face	4	George Bunn and party	August 3, 1919	Secor
Black Kaweah	13,680	4,170	West Ridge	3	Onis Brown, James Hutchinson, Duncan McDuffie	August 11, 1920	Secor
Triple Divide Peak	12,634	3,851	East Ridge	2-3	James Hutchinson, Charles Noble	1920	Secor
Middle Palisade	14,018	4,273	Farquhar Route	4	Francis Farquhar, Ansel Hall	August 26, 1921	Secor
Mount Agassiz	13,899	4,236			Norman Clyde	August 30, 1925	Secor
Mount Russell	14,094	4,296	East ridge	3	Norman Clyde	June 24, 1926	Secor
Mount Morrison	12,366	3,769	East Slope	2	John Mendenhall or Norman Clyde	1928	Secor
Clyde Minaret	12,264	3,738	Glacier Route	4	Clyde, NormanNorman Clyde	June 27, 1928	Secor
Norman Clyde Peak	13,861	4,225	North face	3	Clyde, NormanNorman Clyde	June 9, 1930	Secor
Thunderbolt Peak	14,003	4,268	Underhill Couloir	4	Lewis Clark, Norman Clyde, Glen Dawson, Jules Eichorn, Francis Farquhar, Bestor Robinson, Robert L. M. Underhill	August 13, 1931	Secor
Mount Farquhar	12,899	3,932	South Ridge	3	Norman Clyde and party	July 17, 1932	Secor
Polemonium Peak	14,080	4,290	U Notch	5.2	Lewis Clark, Julie Mortimer, Jack Riegelhuth, Ted Waller	August 2, 1933	Secor
Mount Le Conte	13,930	4,250		3	Clyde, NormanNorman Clyde	June 1935	Secor
North Dome	7,542	2,299	Royal Arches Route	5.10	Adam, Harris, Davis	1936	Roper; Steck
Lost Arrow Spire	6,930	2,110	Spire Chimney	5.10	Ax Nelson, John Salathé	1947	Roper; Steck
Sentinel Rock	7,038	2,145	Steck-Salathe Route	5.9	John Salathé, Allen Steck	1950	Roper; Steck
Palisade Crest	13,559	4,133	Northwest ridge	4	Don Jensen, Joan Jensen, Rex Post	1969	Secor

References

• Farquhar, Francis P. (1926). Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club.
• Farquhar, Francis Peloubet (1965). History of the Sierra Nevada. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-01551-7.

• King, Clarence (1871). Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada (1905 ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. ISBN 0-585-27432-0. Retrieved 2008-09-20.

• Roper, Steve; Steck, Allen (1979). Fifty Classic Climbs of North America. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. ISBN 0-87156-292-8.
• Secor, R.J. (1999). The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails (2nd ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers. ISBN 9780898866254.