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Hurd Peak

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in 1906 while connected with development work in the vicinity. H. C. Hurd was a civil engineer who received his degree from
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Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification".
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is significant as the north aspect rises nearly 2,500 feet (760 meters) above South Lake in approximately one mile.
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is a 12,237-foot-elevation (3,730-meter) mountain summit located one mile east of the crest of the
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in 1913, but the following year met an untimely death by accidental drowning in
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Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, 1915, page 1433.
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This mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1920 by the
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Northwest aspect, from Lake 10668 of Treasure Lakes
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Southeast aspect, with Spearhead Lake and Long Lake
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Elevation
 NAVD 88
Prominence
Parent peak
Mount Goode
Isolation
Coordinates
37°08′27″N 118°33′58″W / 37.1408984°N 118.5660725°W / 37.1408984; -118.5660725
Etymology
Hurd Peak is located in California
Hurd Peak is located in the United States
California
Inyo
John Muir Wilderness
Parent range
Sierra Nevada
Topo map
USGS
First ascent
Easiest route
Exposed
scramble
class 3
Sierra Nevada
Inyo County
California
John Muir Wilderness
Inyo National Forest
Big Pine

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