Matterhorn Peak
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| Matterhorn Peak | |
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 Looking west from Horse Creek |
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| Elevation | 12,244 ft (3,732 m) |
| Location | California, USA |
| Range | Sierra Nevada |
| Prominence | 1,559 ft (475 m) |
| Coordinates | |
| Topo map | USGS Matterhorn Peak |
| First ascent | 1899 by M. R. Dempster and party |
| Easiest route | Class 2 |
Matterhorn Peak is located in the Sierra Nevada, in the western U.S. state of California, at the northern boundary of Yosemite National Park. At 12,264 feet elevation, it is the tallest peak in the craggy Alp-like Sawtooth Ridge and the northernmost 12,000-foot peak in the Sierra Nevada. The peak also supports the Sierra's northernmost glacier system.
Matterhorn Peak was made famous in Jack Kerouac's The Dharma Bums, which describes a hike up and a run down the mountain and the classic observation "you can't fall off a mountain." The peak can be ascended without climbing gear.
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