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.