Clouds Rest

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Clouds Rest

Clouds Rest as seen from the top of Half Dome.
Elevation 9,930 feet (3,030 m)[1]
Location Yosemite National Park, California, USA
Range Sierra Nevada
Coordinates 37°46′04.27″N 119°29′21.22″W / 37.7678528, -119.4892278Coordinates: 37°46′04.27″N 119°29′21.22″W / 37.7678528, -119.4892278[1]
Half Dome and the Yosemite Valley as seen from Clouds Rest.
Half Dome and the Yosemite Valley as seen from Clouds Rest.

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 topographic 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; 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.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b NGS


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