[2] Topographic relief is significant as the northwest aspect rises 2,200 feet (670 meters) above Wales Lake in less than one mile.

[3] Despite one of the most intense search-and-rescue operations in National Park Service history, his body wasn't found until five years later.

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

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