Mount Kaweah

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title: "Mount Kaweah" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mountains-of-tulare-county,-california", "mountains-of-sequoia-national-park", "four-thousanders-of-the-united-states", "mountains-of-northern-california"] description: "Highest mountain on the Kaweah Ridge" topic_path: "geography/united-states" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Kaweah" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Highest mountain on the Kaweah Ridge ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox mountain"]

Field	Value
name	Mount Kaweah
photo	Mt Kaweah.jpg
photo_caption	Mount Kaweah from Red Spur, circa 1932
elevation_ft	13807
elevation_ref
prominence_ft	2027
prominence_ref
listing	{{unbulleted list
Emblem peak<ref name	"sps"
Western States Climbers Star peak<ref name	"wsc" }}
location	Tulare County, California, U.S.
range	Great Western Divide, Sierra Nevada
map	USA California
map_size	200
map_caption	none
coordinates
coordinates_ref
topo	USGS Triple Divide Peak
first_ascent	September 1881 by Frederick H. Wales, William B. Wallace and James W. A. Wright
easiest_route	Hike,
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| name = Mount Kaweah | photo = Mt Kaweah.jpg | photo_caption = Mount Kaweah from Red Spur, circa 1932 | elevation_ft = 13807 | elevation_ref = | prominence_ft = 2027 | prominence_ref = | listing = {{unbulleted list | North America highest peaks 76th | US highest major peaks 58th | California highest major peaks 9th | SPS Emblem peak | Western States Climbers Star peak }} | location = Tulare County, California, U.S. | range = Great Western Divide, Sierra Nevada | map = USA California | map_size = 200 | map_caption = none | coordinates = | range_coordinates = | coordinates_ref = | topo = USGS Triple Divide Peak | first_ascent = September 1881 by Frederick H. Wales, William B. Wallace and James W. A. Wright | easiest_route = Hike,

Mount Kaweah () is a mountain in California's Sequoia National Park and forms part of the Kaweah Peaks Ridge, a spur of the Great Western Divide which extends south from Triple Divide Peak. It has a summit elevation of 13807 ft, the highest along the Kaweah Peaks Ridge.

Name

The peak was named for the Kaweah River which has its headwaters to the west of the Kaweah Peaks Ridge. The Kaweahs, however, drain into the Kern River. The Kaweah River was named for the Kawai (or Gā'wia) tribe, members of the Yokuts people. The Yokuts were once known as Mariposa.

Foxtail Pine

A rare pine, the Foxtail Pine, lives on the southern slopes of Mount Kaweah.

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Mount_Kaweah_in_Sequoia_National_Park,_from_the_High_Sierra_Trail.jpg" caption="Foxtail Pine below Mount Kaweah (2011)]]"] ::

Highest mountain in the southwest Sierra

Mount Kaweah is the highest mountain in the southwest Sierra.

References

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Mount_Kaweah_from_Chagoopa_Plateau.jpg" caption="South aspect from Chagoopa Plateau"] ::

References

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2. {{cite sps
3. {{cite wsc
4. {{cite gnis
5. {{cite Farquhar
6. Browning, Peter. (1986). "Place Names of the Sierra Nevada". [[Wilderness Press]].
7. "Photo of the habitat view of Foxtail Pine". All Things Plants.
8. Langenbacher. "Mount Kaweah". summitpost.org.
9. Secor, R.J.. (2009). "The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails".

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