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Tresidder Peak

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Topo map
  
USGS Tenaya Lake

Prominence
  
268 m

Elevation
  
3,237 m

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Location
  
Mariposa County, California, U.S.

Parent range
  
Cathedral Range, Sierra Nevada

First ascent
  
North arête, July 4, 1966, by Bruce Kinnison, Alan Zetterberg, and Pierre Zetterberg

Easiest route
  
Both the north and south arêtes are rock climbs (class 4)

Mountain range
  
Sierra Nevada, Cathedral Range

Similar
  
Tenaya Peak, Medlicott Dome, Pywiack Dome, Clouds Rest, Polly Dome

On the approach to tresidder peak and our first view of finger eleven yosemite 2010


Tresidder Peak is a mountain in Yosemite National Park, California. The mountain has two summits (peaks or arêtes), about half a mile (800 meters) apart, with the southern peak being the highest. The elevation of the south peak has not been exactly determined but is given as between 10,605 feet (3,232 m) and 10,645 feet (3,245 m). The northern peak is identified on maps as Peak 10,450 and has an elevation of 10,450 feet (3,185 m). It is the line parent of Clouds Rest. It is named for Donald Tresidder, a former president of Stanford University who had a longtime association with Yosemite National Park.

Contents

Map of Tresidder Peak, California, USA

Cathedral peak tresidder peak from upper cathedral lake


References

Tresidder Peak Wikipedia