Eagle Scout Peak

Eagle Scout Peak is a 12,005-foot mountain on the Great Western Divide in Sequoia National Park's southern Sierra backcountry, just south of Kaweah Gap. Though not highly prominent, it is notable for the sharp contrast between its sides: a relatively gentle east face that offers the easiest summit access by a YDS Class 2 scramble from the Big Arroyo, and a north face that drops about 1,600 feet in sheer cliffs to Precipice Lake. That dramatic cliff-and-lake setting appeared in Ansel Adams's Frozen Lake and Cliffs. Named for its first recorded ascent on July 15, 1926, the peak also reflects early recreational exploration of the Sierra.

California · United States