Topo map USGS Tenaya Peak Prominence 246 m Easiest route Hiking Parent range Sierra Nevada | Elevation 3,027 m Mountain range Sierra Nevada Parent peak Tresidder Peak | |
 | ||
Listing Sierra Peaks Section
Western States Climbers Emblem peak Location Yosemite National Park, Mariposa County, California, U.S. Similar Half Dome, North Dome, Mount Hoffmann, Sentinel Dome, Liberty Cap | ||
Yosemite national park summit to clouds rest
Clouds Rest is a mountain in Yosemite National Park east northeast of Yosemite Village, California. Although there are many peaks in the park having far greater elevation, Clouds Rest's proximity to the valley gives it a very high degree of visual prominence.
Contents
- Yosemite national park summit to clouds rest
- Map of Clouds Rest California USA
- Atticus update 58 hiking clouds rest yosemite n
- GeographyEdit
- HistoryEdit
- RecreationEdit
- References
Map of Clouds Rest, California, USA
Atticus update 58 hiking clouds rest yosemite n
GeographyEdit
The summit can be reached by a 7.2-mile (11.6 km) trail hike from Tioga Pass Road or a 9.4-mile (15.1 km) trail hike from Happy Isles by way of Little Yosemite Valley. There are also several technical routes available.
Clouds Rest is an arête, a thin, almost knife-like, ridge of rock formed when glaciers eroded away solid rock to form Tenaya Canyon and Little Yosemite Valley. The northwest face, mostly solid granite, rises 5,000 feet (1,520 m) above Tenaya Creek.
HistoryEdit
Lafayette H. Bunnell, a medical doctor with the Mariposa Battalion, notes that his party named the summit Clouds Rest because they returned to camp to avoid a snow storm after seeing "the clouds rapidly settling down to rest upon that mountain."
RecreationEdit
There are three main ways to access the summit of Cloud’s Rest; via the Sunrise Lakes Trailhead off of CA-120 (commonly known as the Northeast Ridge Route); via the Happy Isles Trailhead in Yosemite Valley (commonly known as the South Slope); or via the Northwest Face of the mountain. The Sunrise Lakes Trail is a round trip hike of 14.5 miles (23.3 km) that begins at an elevation of 8,150 feet (2,480 m) and gains 1,776 feet (541 m) over 7.25 miles (11.67 km) to reach the summit at 9,926 feet (3,025 m). The summit has wide-ranging 360-degree panoramic views.