Tresidder Peak Explained

Tresidder Peak
Elevation:10,605+ ft (3233+ m)
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence:880feet
Range:Cathedral Range, Sierra Nevada
Location:Mariposa County, California, U.S.
Map:USA California#USA
Coordinates:37.8296°N -119.4221°W
Coordinates Ref:[2]
Topo:USGS Tenaya Lake
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

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 10605feet and 10645feet.[1] The northern peak is identified on maps as Peak 10,450[1] and has an elevation of 10450feet.

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.

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Notes and References

  1. 28794 . Tresidder Peak, California . 2014-02-24.
  2. 1660026 . Tresidder Peak . 2014-02-24.
  3. 3 . 422.
  4. 56520 . Clouds Rest . 2014-02-23.
  5. Book: Browning, Peter . Place Names of the Sierra Nevada . . 1986 . Berkeley . 220 . 0899971199 . registration .