Matterhorn Peak

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Matterhorn Peak is located in the Sierra Nevada, in California, at the northern boundary of Yosemite National Park. At Script error: No such module "convert". elevation, it is the tallest peak in the craggy Alps-like Sawtooth Ridge and the northernmost Script error: No such module "convert". peak in the Sierra Nevada. The peak also supports the Sierra's northernmost glacier system. It was named after the Matterhorn in the Alps. Matterhorn Peak is near Twin Peaks, and just north of Whorl Mountain.

The peak can be ascended without climbing gear.

In popular culture

Jack Kerouac, in The Dharma Bums (1958), describes a hike up and a run down the mountain. This led to the classic observation, "You can't fall off a mountain."[1]

Climate

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See also

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