Clouds Rest
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| Clouds Rest | |
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 The summit of Cloud's Rest. |
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| Elevation | 9,930 feet (3,030 m) NAVD 88 [1] |
| Location | Mariposa County, California, USA |
| Range | Sierra Nevada |
| Prominence | 806 ft (246 m) [2] |
| Parent peak | Tresidder Peak [3] |
| Coordinates | 37°46′04.3″N 119°29′21.2″W / 37.767861°N 119.489222°WCoordinates: 37°46′04.3″N 119°29′21.2″W / 37.767861°N 119.489222°W [1] |
Clouds Rest is a mountain in Yosemite National Park, about six kilometers away from the Yosemite Valley. Although there are many peaks in the park that are higher by more than a thousand meters, Clouds Rest's proximity to the valley gives it a very high degree of visual prominence. It can be reached in a class 1 hike from the Little Yosemite Valley, or in a long day's hike from the Yosemite Valley. The peak is at an altitude very near the tree line[citation needed] and the crest is nearly bare of vegetation, but trees grow close by on its skirts.
The shape of the mountain is a sharp knife edge, with a steep drop on the northwest side leading down into Tenaya Creek Canyon. Geologically, it is an arête, a ridge of rock formed when two glaciers erode parallel U-shaped valleys.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Clouds Rest". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=HR2868. Retrieved on 2009-07-05
- ^ "Clouds Rest, California". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=2609. Retrieved on 2009-07-05
- ^ "Mount Ritter - California Mountain Atlas". Peaklist.org. http://www.peaklist.org/CAmtnatlas/tables/whitney/ritter.html. Retrieved on 2009-01-19.
[edit] External links
- "Clouds Rest". Geographic Names Information System. U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:254751. Retrieved on 2009-07-05
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