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is significant as the west aspect rises 4,600 feet (1,400 meters) above Cloud Canyon in 3.5 miles, and the east aspect rises 3,200 feet (980 meters) above Lake
Reflection in two miles. South Guard ranks as the 103rd highest summit in California, and the third-highest point of the northern Great
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of South Guard's lower 12,964-ft peak was made July 26, 1916, by Walter L. Huber, James Rennie, Florence C. Burrell, and
Inezetta Holt. The main 13,232-ft summit was first climbed July 17, 1925, by
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The names South Guard and North Guard first appeared on either side of Mt. Brewer on
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is a remote 13,232-foot-elevation (4,033-meter) mountain summit located near the northern end of the
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