Mount Jepson ranks as the 74th-highest peak in California,[3] and topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 2,400 feet (730 meters) above Elinore Lake in approximately one mile.

The John Muir Trail passes below the south base of the peak, providing an approach option.

[1] This mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1971 by the United States Board on Geographic Names to honor Willis Linn Jepson (1867–1946), Professor of Botany, University of California at Berkeley, conservationist, writer, and charter member of the Sierra Club.

[4] Dr. Lawrence R. Heckard, president of the California Botanical Society, submitted the name to the board for consideration for permanent official status.

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