Turn left off the main Cathedral Lakes trail here - 10 minutes after your car.

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Turn left off the main Cathedral Lakes trail here - 10 minutes after your car.

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The graceful slab of Cathedral's SE buttress.

Megan on the Cathedral Peak summit, looking down at Eichorn Pinnacle and one of the Cathedral Lakes

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Nick Wilder

Jun 22, 2006

“Turn left off the main Cathedral Lakes trail here - 10 minutes after your car.”

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Cathedral Peak! enough said.

The graceful slab of Cathedral's SE buttress.

Turn left off the main Cathedral Lakes trail here - 10 minutes after your car.

Megan on the Cathedral Peak summit, looking down at Eichorn Pinnacle and one of the Cathedral Lakes

View from the descent including smoldering fire, mid Sept 2015.

Cathedral Peak and Eichorn

cathedral peak

Someone on the summit

Yet another stunning view from the top.

Cathedral Peak

Descending the Muir Route in a drought winter (January 2015).

ON the hike to Cathedral

Descent / 4th class west side of Cathedral. Traverse all the way to the Eichorn notch, then back.

Cathedral Peak (R) and Eichorn's Pinnacle (L). View from the south on the Matthes Crest approach.

a day in the life

Cathedral Peak

Cathedral as approached from Echo Ridge

The view from below Cathedral Peak as you start the descent.

Cathedral Peak from the south; Eichorn Pinnacle is on the left

Newer sign added to the climber's trail from my first trip there years ago.

Descent: From summit make your way to the saddle (pictured). Then the trail crosses the slabs as shown.

Updated trail to SE Buttress start. Turn left at carabiner sign and step over rock/logs

descent as seen from the summit of Eichorn

Full moon ascent 8/11/22

Climbing Cathedral on a PERFECT day.

From upper cathedral lake

Cathedral Peak

On the approach...

A view of Cathedral Peak (note the climber on the summit).

Cathedral Peak from the mountain shop on Highway 120.

Stormy view towards Unicorn, Cathedral and Fairview Dome form near Canopy dome on trail to Glen Aulin.

Morning light on Cathedral Peak.

Wandering on Cathedral Peak.<br>
Photo by Blitzo.

Cathedral and Budd Lake from Echo Ridge

Moonset

several parties on the SE buttress

The Classic Cathedral Peak Shot.. What a great place..

Below the chimney pitch, sorting out gear.

View of approach to Cathedral (far left) and/or Matthes (far right) coming from Tenaya

view from the top of Cathedral Peak July, 2009

The notch between Eichorn Pinnacle and the summit.

Cathedral, viewed from the Dana Plateau

looking down at Eichorn Pinnacle from the summit of Cathedral - minutes before a T storm

Cathedral Peak in all her glory.

Full moon ascent 8/11/22

SE Buttress

Alberto ascends the 5.6 chimney in his Euro shorts.

The Awsome Veiw from Cathedral peak

Steve on the summit of Cathedral Peak with Tuolumne Meadows in the background

Cathedral, May 2009