Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,700 feet (520 meters) above Piute Creek in one-half mile.

The first ascent of the summit was made July 19, 1931, by Jules Eichorn, Glen Dawson, and Walter Brem.

[6] This landform's toponym has been in publications since at least 1925, and was officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names in 1932.

[8] Most weather fronts originate in the Pacific Ocean, and travel east toward the Sierra Nevada mountains.

As fronts approach, they are forced upward by the peaks (orographic lift), causing moisture in the form of rain or snowfall to drop onto the range.