Matterhorn Peak

Matterhorn Peak
Looking west from Horse Creek
Elevation	12,279 ft (3,743 m) NGVD 29[1]
Prominence	1,559 ft (475 m) [1]
Parent peak	Twin Peaks [2]
Listing	SPS Emblem peak [3]
Location
Location	Mono / Tuolumne counties, California, USA
Range	Sierra Nevada
Coordinates	38°05′36″N 119°22′58″W / 38.0932538°N 119.3826614°W / 38.0932538; -119.3826614Coordinates: 38°05′36″N 119°22′58″W / 38.0932538°N 119.3826614°W / 38.0932538; -119.3826614[4]
Topo map	USGS Matterhorn Peak
Climbing
First ascent	1899 by M. R. Dempster and party [5]
Easiest route	Scramble, class 2 [5]

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 12,279 feet (3,743 m) elevation, it is the tallest peak in the craggy Alps-like Sawtooth Ridge and the northernmost 12,000 feet (3,700 m) peak in the Sierra Nevada. The peak also supports the Sierra's northernmost glacier system. It was named after the Matterhorn in the Alps.

Jack Kerouac in The Dharma Bums describes a hike up and a run down the mountain. This led to the classic observation, "you can't fall off a mountain."^[6]

The peak can be ascended without climbing gear.

See also

• Matterhorn

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Matterhorn Peak, California". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=2595. Retrieved 2009-08-08. 
2. ^ "Whitney III. P1000s, California Mountain Atlas". Peaklist.org. http://www.peaklist.org/CAmtnatlas/P1000/tables/Whitney3.html. Retrieved 2008-09-28. 
3. ^ "Sierra Peaks Section List". Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. http://angeles.sierraclub.org/sps/spslist.pdf. Retrieved 2009-08-08. 
4. ^ "Matterhorn Peak". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:253229. Retrieved 2009-08-08. 
5. ^ ^{a b} Roper, Steve (1976). The Climber's Guide to the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. pp. 48,327. ISBN 0-87156-147-6. 
6. ^ Kerouac, Jack (2006). The Dharma bums. New York: Penguin Books. p. 64. ISBN 0143039601. 

External links

• "Matterhorn Peak". SummitPost.org. http://www.summitpost.org/page/150488.