Matthes Crest

{{Short description|Mountain in the American state of California}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Matthes Crest

| photo = File:Matthes_crest_yosemite_backcountry_view_from_west_side.jpg

| photo_caption = Matthes crest from the west side.

| elevation_ft = 10,923

| elevation_ref = {{NAVD88}}{{cite peakbagger |pid=21604 |name=Matthes Crest, California |accessdate=2014-12-29}}

| prominence_ft = 278

| prominence_ref =

| location = {{unbulleted list |Yosemite National Park |Mariposa County, California, U.S.}}

| map = California

| map_caption = Location in California

| map_size = 240

| label_position = below

| range = Cathedral Range, Sierra Nevada

| parent_peak = Echo Ridge

| coordinates = {{coord|37.823259|N|119.3973791|W|type:mountain_region:US-CA_scale:100000_source:GNIS|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| range_coordinates =

| coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis |id=253540 |name=Matthes Crest |accessdate=2014-12-29}}

| topo = USGS Tenaya Lake

| type = Granite arête

| age = Cretaceous

| first_ascent = 1931 by Jules Eichorn, Glen Dawson and Walter Brem{{cite Roper |page=335}}

| easiest_route = Rock climb {{YDS|5.7}}{{cite book

| title=Tuolumne Free Climbs

| author=Barnes, G. and McNamara, C. and Roper, S.

| isbn=9780976523574

| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5sNXPgAACAAJ

| year= 2009

| publisher=SuperTopo }}

}}

Matthes Crest is an approximately mile-long fin of rock with two summits separated by a deep notch. It is a part of the Cathedral Range, which is a mountain range in the south-central portion of Yosemite National Park. The range is part of the Sierra Nevada.