Unicorn Peak (California)

{{short description|Unicorn Peak is mountain peak, in Yosemite National Park, in the Tuolumne Meadows area}}

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{{Infobox mountain

| name = Unicorn Peak

| photo = Tuolumne Meadows - Fairview Dome - summit - 06.JPG

| photo_caption = Unicorn Peak, Cockscomb, Echo Ridge and Cathedral Peak

| elevation_ft = 10823

| elevation_ref = {{NAVD88}}{{cite peakbagger |pid=21606 |name=Unicorn Peak, California |accessdate=2019-02-07}}

| prominence_ft = 103

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| location = Yosemite National Park, California, United States

| range = Cathedral Range, Sierra Nevada

| coordinates = {{coord|37|50|45|N|119|22|55|W}}

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| type = Granite

| age = Cretaceous

| first_ascent = Francis P. Farquhar and James Rennie in 1911

| easiest_route = Rock climb {{YDS|4}}

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Unicorn Peak is a peak, in Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park. Unicorn Peak is due east of Cathedral Peak, and the north summit is highest.{{cite web | url=https://www.summitpost.org/unicorn-peak/151228 | title=Unicorn Peak, California, United States, North America | publisher=summitpost.org | accessdate=7 February 2019 | author=Burd, Bob}}

Unicorn Peak is part of the Cathedral Range.{{cite web | url=https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=21606 | title=Unicorn Peak, California | publisher=peakbagger.com | accessdate=7 February 2019}}

All three of Unicorn Peak, Cockscomb Peak, and Cathedral Peak qualify as nunataks, islands that stood above the ice, when the last ice age created glaciers in the area.{{cite web | url=http://fieldofadventures.com/2015/10/unicorn-cockscomb-traverse/ | title=Unicorn Peak (10,910′) & Cockscomb Peak (11,065′) via Unicorn-Cockscomb Traverse (Class-5 Scramble) | publisher=fieldofadventures.com | accessdate=7 February 2019 | author=Field, Derek| date=2015-10-06 }} During the Tioga glaciation the peak projected above the glaciers, which carved and sharpened the peak's bases while plucking away at its sides.{{cite web | url=https://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/geologic_story_of_yosemite/final_evolution.html | title=The Geologic Story of Yosemite National Park | publisher=yosemite.ca.us | date=1987 | accessdate=7 February 2019 | author=Huber, N. King}}{{cite web | url=https://sierranewsonline.com/hiking-up-the-glacier-canyon-trail-to-dana-plateau/ | title=Hiking up the Glacier Canyon Trail to Dana Plateau | publisher=sierranewsonline.com | date=September 10, 2017 | accessdate=7 February 2019 | author=Gregory, Candace}}