Topographic relief is significant as it rises approximately 1,830 feet (560 meters) above Crabtree Lakes in one-half mile.

[3] The first ascent of the summit was made by Sierra Club member J. H. Czock, date unknown.

[6] 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, causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall onto the range (orographic lift).

Precipitation runoff from this mountain drains west to the Kern River via Whitney and Rock Creeks.