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All Locations > California > Yosemite NP > Tuolumne Meadows > Cathedral Range > Tenaya Peak > Northwest Buttress (5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a)
Follow the edge up. Stay left.
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Tim on Tenaya Peak. 7/2012. <br> <br> Photo: Corey Gargano
Looking up the route. If you choose to rope up this is about where you want to do it.
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Rude Boy
May 22, 2013
“Follow the edge up. Stay left. ”  

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the perfect photo op (photo by Miguel)
Christina scopes the view from the summit of Tenaya Peak on a cool cloudy summer day. 7/2012. <br> <br> Photo: Corey Gargano
View from the true summit, of the walkoff wrap-around out onto the frontside talus slope facing the lake, to connect to the ledge traverse descent option. Aug 2015.
Free soloing with a friend
Eva Geraghty on the summit of Tenaya Peak
Maidy on the final traverse at the top.
One third up the route.
the entire route as seen atop the black streaked slabs
tara nearing the upper vertical pitches
We chose to just follow the ridgeline down as opposed to the ledge descent. Parties that took the ledges ended up at the bottom in about the same time as us (and we're old and slow).
Tenaya Buttress with the lake beyond.
Kim (her first solo) making the last vertical moves on the final pitch.