Tresidder Peak

Mountain in Yosemite National Park, California, United States of America

Tresidder Peak

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Tresidder Peak

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LocationMariposa County, California, U.S.Parent rangeCathedral Range, Sierra NevadaTopo mapUSGS Tenaya LakeClimbingFirst ascentNorth arête, July 4, 1966, by Bruce Kinnison, Alan Zetterberg, and Pierre Zetterberg^[3]Easiest routeBoth the north and south arêtes are rock climbs (class 4)^[3]

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).^[1] The northern peak is identified on maps as Peak 10,450^[1] and has an elevation of 10,450 feet (3,185 m).

It is the line parent of Clouds Rest,^[4] and is named for Donald Tresidder, a former president of Stanford University who had a longtime association with Yosemite National Park.^[5]

Cathedral Lakes are near.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Tresidder Peak, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
^ "Tresidder Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
^ ^a ^b Secor, R.J. (2009). The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails (3rd ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers. p. 422. ISBN 978-0898869712.
^ "Clouds Rest". ListsOfJohn.com. Retrieved 2014-02-23.
^ Browning, Peter (1986). Place Names of the Sierra Nevada. Berkeley: Wilderness Press. p. 220. ISBN 0899971199.