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Clouds Rest

Distance
14.4 mi
Vertical
1,781 ft
Summit
9,744 ft
Difficulty
Very strenuous

Clouds Rest is an arête—a thin, knife-like ridge of granite carved when glaciers eroded away rock to form Tenaya Canyon and Little Yosemite Valley on opposite sides. The northwest face rises 5,000 feet of solid granite above Tenaya Creek, a wall visible from Olmsted Point and…

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About Clouds Rest

Clouds Rest is a mountain in Yosemite National Park, located east-northeast of Yosemite Village, California. Although there are many peaks in the park having far greater elevation, the proximity of Clouds Rest to the valley gives it a very high degree of visual prominence.

Summary from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

Rocky summit of Clouds Rest with lingering snowfields and Half Dome visible across the valley to the right.
Jimmy Harris from Melbourne, Australia · CC BY 2.0
The summit arête — the trail's final quarter-mile narrows to a granite spine above Tenaya Canyon.
Josh Steinitz · CC BY 2.0
Looking down from the summit across glacier-polished granite slabs.
Julietvbarbara · CC BY-SA 4.0
Clouds Rest seen from Olmsted Point on Tioga Road, Half Dome small on the horizon.
Jimbennettgeek · CC BY-SA 4.0

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