Tenaya Peak

Tenaya Peak
Tenaya Peak above Tenaya Lake
Highest point
Elevation	10,306 ft (3,141 m) NAVD 88 [1]
Prominence	181 ft (55 m) [1]
Coordinates	37°49′43″N119°26′36″W / 37.8285358°N 119.443215°W / 37.8285358; -119.443215 [2]
Geography
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Location	Yosemite National Park Tuolumne County, California, U.S.
Parent range	Sierra Nevada
Topo map	USGS Tenaya Lake
Climbing
Easiest route	Scramble (class 2) [3]

Tenaya Peak is a mountain in the Yosemite high country, rising above Tenaya Lake. Tenaya Peak is named after Chief Tenaya, who met the Mariposa Battalion near the shores of the Tenaya lake. In 1851, the Mariposa Battalion under Captain John Boling expelled Chief Tenaya and his people from what was to become Yosemite National Park. ^{[4] [5]}

Recreation

Tenaya Peak is a popular rock climbing destination, with multiple climbing ascents. There is also some class 2 and class 3 hikes to the summit.

References

1. "Tenaya Peak, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
2. "Tenaya Peak". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved January 21, 2016.
3. Secor, R.J. (2009). The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails (3rd ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers. p. 422. ISBN   978-0898869712.
4. Gudde, Erwin G. (1949). California Place Names. Berkeley: Univ. of California Press. p. 358.
5. Browning, Peter (1986). Place Names of the Sierra Nevada . Berkeley: Wilderness Press. pp.  213–214. ISBN   0899971199.

External links

• "Tenaya Peak". SummitPost.org.