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).
| Tresidder Peak | |
|---|---|
 Northwest peak of Tresidder Peak or Peak 10,450 (in the center) and Southern peak of Tresidder Peak (to the right), seen from Pywiack Dome summit. | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 10,605+ ft (3233+ m) NAVD 88[1] |
| Prominence | 880 ft (268 m)[1] |
| Coordinates | 37°49′47″N 119°25′20″W / 37.8296473°N 119.4221028°W[2] |
| Geography | |
  Tresidder Peak  Tresidder Peak | |
| Location | Mariposa County, California, U.S. |
| Parent range | Cathedral Range, Sierra Nevada |
| Topo map | USGS Tenaya Lake |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | North arête, July 4, 1966, by Bruce Kinnison, Alan Zetterberg, and Pierre Zetterberg[3] |
| Easiest route | Both the north and south arêtes are rock climbs (class 4)[3] |
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
edit- ^ 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.
External links
edit- "Tresidder Peak". SummitPost.org.
- Tresidder Peak at peakvisor.com
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