Mount Carillon is a 13,559-foot Sierra Nevada peak on the boundary of Sequoia National Park and the John Muir Wilderness, above Tulainyo Lake and near Mount Whitney and Mount Russell. Its steep rise from Whitney Portal gives it striking local relief. First climbed in 1925 by Norman Clyde, it was named for its bell-tower shape, with the name proposed by Chester Versteeg and officially adopted in 1937. Pacific storms shape its alpine climate, and its runoff drains both west toward the Kern River and east toward Owens Valley. With routes from the West Ridge to technical faces, it became a mountaineering objective in its own right.