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}}
| 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.
References
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External links
- {{cite summitpost |150432 |name=Tresidder Peak}}
- [https://peakvisor.com/peak/tresidder-peak.html Tresidder Peak] at peakvisor.com
Category:Mountains of Yosemite National Park
Category:Mountains of Mariposa County, California
Category:Mountains of Northern California
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