[2] Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises over 4,600 feet (1,400 meters) above the South Fork San Joaquin River in approximately three miles.

The John Muir Trail traverses the south and west slopes of the mountain, providing an approach option.

The mountain was named in 1894 by Theodore Solomons to honor Joachim Henry Senger (1848–1926), philologist and professor at the University of California, Berkeley, who was one of the four founders of the Sierra Club in 1892.

[8] 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.