The summit ridge marks the boundary between Sequoia National Park and the John Muir Wilderness.

In 1905, the mountain was named in honor of Alexander G. McAdie by James E. Church.

Weather Bureau in San Francisco at the time,[8] and had visited the summit of Mount Whitney in 1903.

[8] The north summit can be reached from Arc Pass, and was first climbed by Norman Clyde in 1922.

McAdie in good weather from Arc Pass, traversed from the east face of Middle Peak to the gulley (which divides Middle and North Peaks), and at the top of the gulley, apparently a hand-hold of Ossofsky's gave way.