Ragged Peak is a
mountain
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, in the
Tuolumne Meadows area of
Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park ( ) is an American national park in California, surrounded on the southeast by Sierra National Forest and on the northwest by Stanislaus National Forest. The park is managed by the National Park Service and covers an ar ...
.
Of the ridge south of the
Young Lakes region, Ragged Peak is the most prominent feature. It is north of
Tioga Road Tioga may refer to:
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and its summit has a great view of
Mount Conness
Mount Conness is a mountain in the Sierra Nevada range, to the west of the Hall Natural Area. Conness is on the boundary between the Inyo National Forest and Yosemite National Park. The Conness Glacier lies north of the summit.
History
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's southwest face.
Ragged Peak is an isolated summit, close to Young Lakes.
Ragged Peak is north of
Lembert Dome
Lembert Dome is a granite dome rock formation in Yosemite National Park in the US state of California. The dome soars above Tuolumne Meadows and the Tuolumne River and can be hiked starting at the Tioga Road in the heart of Tuolumne Meadows, wes ...
and
Dog Lake.
On climbing Ragged Peak
Ragged Peak has a — southern route, and the northwest face is listed as , the northeast face as , the east face as .
So, Ragged Peak is available, for
rock climbing
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.
References
External links
On hiking up Ragged Peak, mentions the first climb, by white hikersHiking Ragged Peak, via the Dog Lake trailMore hikers, who climbed Ragged Peak, with many photosA YouTube video, from Ragged Peak's summitSome area photos
Mountains of Yosemite National Park
Mountains of Tuolumne County, California
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