Fires on the Horizon

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Fires on the Horizon

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A party of three on the summit of Cathedral Peak, photographed from the summit of Eichorn's Pinnacle

Matisse on summit, May 2012

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4th class descent. Panoramic photo taken from the ridge

Cathedral Peak after summiting at sunset - with two climbers on Eichorn Pinnacle

Scrambling down towards Eichorn Pinnacle after a full moon ascent of Cathedral Peak.

Eichorn Pinnacle visible from the top.

Such a great view from the summit

Such a great view from the summit

Alternate 5.7 route to the left of the chimney, the so-called 'glory arete'. The chimney had a traffic jam this day, so we followed a yosar'ers advice. Beautiful pitch, fantastic exposure!

After approx. 10 minutes up the JMT from the Cathedral Lakes trailhead, you will see the obvious climbers trail on the left blocked by a log. The trail runs parallel to Budd Creek for a good portion of the hike then wraps around the left(East) side of Cathedral Peak.

This, I may say, is the first time I have been at church in California.
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-- John Muir
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Taken October 30, 2011

Monica soloing Cathedral Peak.

SE buttress solo

cathedral peak from JMT

Route tracing: NA 50 CLASSIC!

April, Filip, and Alberto solo train their way up Cathedral

Climbers on the summit taken from Eichorn.

Tamara on p2 of the "original" route up cathedral pk.

Unknown climber high on the SE Buttress of Cathedral Peak

Looking at Fairview and other domes.

View from Budd Lake around the time we summitted (taken by our non climbing family member, 8/2/2019)

Soloist

A Highliner on a line from Eichorn Pinnacle

Climber on the SE buttress

11am on a Saturday in pristine California wilderness

Starting up the south east buttress.

A party of three on the summit of Cathedral Peak, photographed from the summit of Eichorn's Pinnacle

Fires on the Horizon

Matisse on summit, May 2012

Upper Cathedral Lake Campsite - Under Cathedral Peak
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Southeast Buttress is the right skyline

The possibilities are limitless.

Southeast Buttress - climbers

Emily on SE Buttress

Kerstin and Andreas on SE Buttress Cathedral Peak

Kristi cleaning the chimney w backpack in tow...

Obv sign for climbers path but this would of been helpful for us on our first time as we weren't sure if we missed it but Keep going up the path and you'll run into it. Wish MP got rid of old photos that shows the old climbers paths.

Into the chimney

Daniel ready to step across the gap to the small summit.

April does a bit of light reading on the summit of Cathedral

Summit just enough room for two.

View up the chimney on the 4th pitch.

View from the approach

Summit pitch. Incredible views.

The natural anchor before the chimney

Cathedral Peak in mid-June.

Cathedral Peak at sunrise

the SE Buttress

A great 5.8 variation right of the chimney. If the chimney is clogged , move right , around a corner, about 20 feet to some great stemming, chimney climbing . A few old pitons and good gear on this pitch.

First pitch of Cathedral Peak, you can see the 5.4 splitter above my right shoulder in the photo, WAY fun and not to be missed out on!

Jax Traversing under the summit block

Echo Peaks from the top of the 4th pitch.

On the summit looking south/ southwest back at the lake where we had started.

Just below the summit on Cathedral peak

Lisa Pritchett Leading the Southwest Buttress

The summit of Cathedral peak. A definite must do climb when in Tulomne meadows.

Megan leading up the first pitch

Anne finishing the last section before the summit

Euan on the summit with eichorns pinnacle behind

Anne enjoying the spectacular summit and the rewarding view atop Cathedral peak.

climber on the southeast buttress

Climbers Trail is clearly marked .55 miles from trailhead.

Max at the Peak

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