Notes on Mt. Emerson

The Sierra Peaks Section has generally chosen the named mountain summit for its peak list, but in some instances has chosen a nearby higher peak as the climbing objective. An example of this is Mt. Emerson near the top of the Mt. Darwin map. In this case Mt. Emerson with spot elevation 13,118 ft. is clearly marked as the summit, but the slightly higher peak to the east with a spot elevation of 13,204 ft. is selected as the summit with the SPS register.

Having climbed both of these I can say that the class 3 eastern summit is technically more challenging than the easy walk-up 13,118 ft. summit so there is some justification for the choice. In the Sierra Peaks List tables and in the SPS waypoint file the higher 13,204 ft. summit is the one listed.