[2] Topographic relief is significant as it rises 2,083 feet (635 meters) above the second Crabtree Lake in approximately one mile.

[3] The first ascent of the summit was made August 22, 1936, by Max Eckenburg and Bob Rumohr.

[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.