Grizzly Peak (Mariposa County, California)

Grizzly Peak
Elevation 6,222 ft (1,896 m) [1]
Location
Location Yosemite National Park, Mariposa County, California, USA
Coordinates [2]
Topo map USGS Half Dome
Climbing
First ascent 1885 by Charles A. Bailey [3]

Grizzly Peak in Yosemite Valley is promentory on the southwest wall below the immensely popular Half Dome. It can be seen on the hike to Vernal Fall and Nevada Fall, from northeastern Glacier Point, and various other locations in the Yosemite Valley. The top is not accessible by any trail, although rock climbers frequent the peak.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Grizzly Peak". SummitPost.org. http://www.summitpost.org/page/154001. Retrieved 2009-08-04. 
  2. ^ "Grizzly Peak". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1658676. 
  3. ^ Farquhar, Francis P. (1926). Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club. http://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/place_names_of_the_high_sierra/g.html. Retrieved 2009-08-04. 
  4. ^ "Yosemite Valley Peaks". Climber.Org. http://www.climber.org/TripReports/1999/453.html. Retrieved 2008-05-12.