Approach beta for the Tenaya-Matthes-Cathedral linkup.

All Locations > California > Yosemite Nation… > Tuolumne Meadows > Cathedral Range > Cathedral Range… > Tenaya, Matthes, Cathedral Traverse (5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b)

Approach beta for the Tenaya-Matthes-Cathedral linkup.

ID 112012612 ·

Flag This Photo

Anne (below the tree) on the 5.2 downclimb below the south summit of Matthes

slab flora

Rate Photo

5.0 from 1 vote

anthony.

Jul 19, 2016

“Approach beta for the Tenaya-Matthes-Cathedral linkup. ”

0 Comments

Nearby Photos

what you'll miss if you car shuttle/hitch from Cathedral Lakes trailhead

Anne (below the tree) on the 5.2 downclimb below the south summit of Matthes

Approach beta for the Tenaya-Matthes-Cathedral linkup.

slab flora

... and yet more

Matthes Crest

looking south from the south summit on Matthes

looking back toward Cathedral/Eichorn after the swampy area

Eichorn Pinnacle from Cathedral with descent route back to Tenaya Lake highlighted

(left to right) Cockscomb, Echo Ridge, and Echo Peaks from the summit of Cathedral

Alwyne about to top out on Cathedral

Alwyne on the SE Buttress of Cathedral

steeper section on the NW Buttress

options for getting from Matthes to Cathedral

Echo Peaks and Matthes

topping out on the ridgeline proper on Matthes

lupine

looking toward Cathedral Pass and Cathedral

Cathedral Peak from the summit of Tenaya Peak

meadow between Tenaya and Matthes

ridge walking on Matthes

looking SW from the start of Matthes

south summit on Matthes

almost to Cathedral

fuzzy flowers

Columbia Finger

view to the east from Matthes

Budd Lake

Cameron on one of the final Matthes towers

saddle between Echo Ridge and Cockscomb (accesses the Budd Lake approach option for Cathedral)

the NW Buttress slabs begin

Cameron about to top out on the Cathedral summit

notch where the Matthes Crest traverse starts; the traverse goes left from the notch

slab/scree descent of the back of Cathedral Peak toward Cathedral Lakes

the Valley from the summit of Tenaya

Cathedral Peak from Cathedral Lakes

and more stuff you'll miss if you skip the descent to Tenaya Lake

boulder hopping in the drainage below Cathedral Lakes

looking down the 5.7ish summit hand crack

the NW Buttress approach trail winds its way up the bushy ledge system to the left of the buttress

trail to Tenaya Lake

morning shade on Tenaya Peak

NW Buttress route on Tenaya Peak

and Tenaya Peak again

5.7 diagonal crack traverse crux on Matthes

(left to right) Echo Peaks, Echo Ridge and the final towers on Matthes

Tenaya Lake