Clouds Rest
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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.
Geography
The summit can be reached by a Script error: No such module "convert". trail hike from Tioga Pass Road or a Script error: No such module "convert". trail hike from Happy Isles by way of Little Yosemite Valley. There are also several technical routes available.[1]
Clouds Rest is an arête; a thin, almost knife-like, ridge of rock formed when glaciers eroded away solid rock to form Tenaya Canyon and Little Yosemite Valley. The northwest face, mostly solid granite, rises Script error: No such module "convert". above Tenaya Creek.
History
Lafayette H. Bunnell, a medical doctor with the Mariposa Battalion, notes that his party named the summit Clouds Rest because they returned to camp to avoid a snow storm after seeing "the clouds rapidly settling down to rest upon that mountain."[2][3]
Recreation
There are three main ways to access the summit of Clouds Rest; via the Sunrise Lakes Trailhead off of CA-120 (commonly known as the Northeast Ridge Route); via the Happy Isles Trailhead in Yosemite Valley (commonly known as the South Slope); or via the Northwest Face of the mountain.[4] The Sunrise Lakes Trail is a round trip hike of Script error: No such module "convert". that begins at an elevation of Script error: No such module "convert". and gains Script error: No such module "convert". over Script error: No such module "convert". to reach the summit at Script error: No such module "convert".. The summit has wide-ranging 360-degree panoramic views.[5]
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