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 and .
The northern peak is identified on maps as Peak 10,450
and has an elevation of .
It is the
line parent A peak's line parent is the closest higher peak on the highest ridge leading away from the peak's "key col". A col is the lowest point on the ridge between two summits and is roughly synonymous with pass, gap, saddle and notch. The highest col of ...
of
Clouds Rest,
and is named for
Donald Tresidder, a former president of
Stanford University
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...
who had a longtime association with Yosemite National Park.
are near.
References
External links
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Tresidder Peakat peakvisor.com
Mountains of Yosemite National Park
Mountains of Mariposa County, California
Mountains of Northern California
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