False White Mountain

LocationYosemite National Park
Tuolumne County, California, U.S.Parent rangeSierra NevadaClimbingEasiest routeclass 2 to class 3^[2]

False White Mountain is a mountain, in the northern part of Yosemite National Park. It is the 24th highest mountain, in Yosemite National Park.^[3] False White Mountain can be climbed, as a day hike, from Tioga Pass.^[2]

False White Mountain is near Mount Conness, Tioga Peak, Mount Dana, and Lembert Dome, thus is in the Tuolumne Meadows area.^[4]

Of importance, False White Mountain has been often confused with White Mountain, thus the "false" reference.^[2]

There have been proposals, to re-name False White Mountain, as Peak 12,002, Sharsmith Peak, False White, and False White Mountain Peak.^[5]

False White Mountain is located in an alpine climate zone.^[6] 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 moisture in the form of rain or snowfall to drop onto the range.^{[citation needed]}

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