Tresidder Peak

{{short description|Mountain in Yosemite National Park, California, United States of America}}

{{distinguish|text=Tressider Peak, Alaska}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Tresidder Peak

| photo = Tuolumne Meadows - Pywiack Dome summit looking S - 1.jpg

| photo_alt =

| photo_caption = 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.

| elevation = 10,605+ ft (3233+ m)

| elevation_ref = {{NAVD88}}{{cite peakbagger |pid=28794 |name=Tresidder Peak, California |accessdate=2014-02-24}}

| prominence = {{convert|880|ft|0|abbr=on}}

| prominence_ref =

| range = Cathedral Range, Sierra Nevada

| location = Mariposa County, California, U.S.

| map = USA California#USA

| map_caption = none

| coordinates = {{coord|37.8296473|N|119.4221028|W|type:mountain_region:US-CA_scale:100000_source:GNIS|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| range_coordinates =

| coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis |id=1660026 |name=Tresidder Peak |accessdate=2014-02-24}}

| topo = USGS Tenaya Lake

| first_ascent = North arête, July 4, 1966, by Bruce Kinnison, Alan Zetterberg, and Pierre Zetterberg{{cite Secor |edition=3 |page=422}}

| easiest_route = Both the north and south arêtes are rock climbs ({{YDS|4}})

}}

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 {{convert|10,605|ft|0}} and {{convert|10,645|ft|0}}. The northern peak is identified on maps as Peak 10,450 and has an elevation of {{convert|10,450|ft|0}}.

It is the line parent of Clouds Rest,{{cite loj |id=56520 |name=Clouds Rest |accessdate=2014-02-23}} and is named for Donald Tresidder, a former president of Stanford University who had a longtime association with Yosemite National Park.{{cite book |last=Browning |first=Peter |title=Place Names of the Sierra Nevada |publisher=Wilderness Press |year=1986 |location=Berkeley |page=[https://archive.org/details/placenamesofsier00brow/page/220 220] |isbn=0899971199 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/placenamesofsier00brow/page/220 }}

Cathedral Lakes are near.

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