Tenaya Peak is a mountain in the Yosemite high country, rising above Tenaya Lake. Tenaya Peak is named after Chief Tenaya, who met the Mariposa Battalion near the shores of the Tenaya lake. In 1851, the Mariposa Battalion under Captain John Boling expelled Chief Tenaya and his people from what was to become Yosemite National Park.[4][5]
| Tenaya Peak | |
|---|---|
 Tenaya Peak above Tenaya Lake | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 10,306 ft (3,141 m) NAVD 88[1] |
| Prominence | 181 ft (55 m)[1] |
| Coordinates | 37°49′43″N 119°26′36″W / 37.8285358°N 119.443215°W[2] |
| Geography | |
  Tenaya Peak  Tenaya Peak | |
| Location | Yosemite National Park Tuolumne County, California, U.S. |
| Parent range | Sierra Nevada |
| Topo map | USGS Tenaya Lake |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | Scramble (class 2)[3] |
Recreation
editTenaya Peak is a popular rock climbing destination, with multiple climbing ascents. There is also some class 2 and class 3 hikes to the summit.
References
edit- ^ a b "Tenaya Peak, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2016-03-28.
- ^ "Tenaya Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
- ^ Secor, R.J. (2009). The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails (3rd ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers. p. 422. ISBN 978-0898869712.
- ^ Gudde, Erwin G. (1949). California Place Names. Berkeley: Univ. of California Press. p. 358.
- ^ Browning, Peter (1986). Place Names of the Sierra Nevada. Berkeley: Wilderness Press. pp. 213–214. ISBN 0899971199.
External links
edit- "Tenaya Peak". SummitPost.org.
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