Corkscrew Peak
| Corkscrew Peak | |
|---|---|
 Telescope Peak viewed from the beginning of the trail | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 5,804 ft (1,769 m)USGS[1] |
| Listing | Sierra Club Desert Peaks[2] |
| Coordinates | 36°46′12″N 117°00′14″W / 36.7699°N 117.0040°W |
| Geography | |
  Corkscrew Peak California | |
| Location | Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California, U.S. |
| Parent range | Amargosa Range |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | Trail from Daylight Pass Road (hike) |
Corkscrew Peak is a peak in the Grapevine Mountains in Death Valley National Park. It is named for its shape, which loosely looks like a corkscrew.[3][4]
Climbing
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The trail starts from Daylight Pass Road. Its length is 5.8 kilometers. It follows a wash for about 3 kilometers, then a small canyon, and finally, a steep (25% average) ridge to the summit.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Corkscrew Peak".
- ^ "Sierra Club Desert Peaks Section". Retrieved 2019-05-28.
- ^ "Corkscrew Peak : Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering : SummitPost". www.summitpost.org. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
- ^ Grace C. Keroher (1970). Lexicon of Geologic Names of the United States for 1961-1967. U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 174–.
- ^ "Hike Death Valley 2018". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
- ^ Cunningham, Bill; Cunningham, Polly (2016). Hiking Death Valley National Park: A Guide to the Park's Greatest Hiking Adventures. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 111. ISBN 9781493028252.
