Corkscrew Peak

Corkscrew Peak
Telescope Peak viewed from the beginning of the trail
Highest point
Elevation5,804 ft (1,769 m)USGS[1]
ListingSierra Club Desert Peaks[2]
Coordinates36°46′12″N 117°00′14″W / 36.7699°N 117.0040°W / 36.7699; -117.0040
Geography
Corkscrew Peak
California
LocationDeath Valley National Park, Inyo County, California, U.S.
Parent rangeAmargosa Range
Climbing
Easiest routeTrail 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

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

  1. ^ "Corkscrew Peak".
  2. ^ "Sierra Club Desert Peaks Section". Retrieved May 28, 2019.
  3. ^ "Corkscrew Peak : Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering : SummitPost". www.summitpost.org. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
  4. ^ Grace C. Keroher (1970). Lexicon of Geologic Names of the United States for 1961-1967. U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 174–.
  5. ^ "Hike Death Valley 2018". www.nps.gov. Archived from the original on December 12, 2017. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
  6. ^ 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.