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Glacier Point is a viewpoint above Yosemite Valley in the U.S. state of California. It is located on the south wall of Yosemite Valley at an elevation of 7,214 feet (2,199 m), 3,200 feet (980 m) above Curry Village .
Merced Peak, with an elevation of 11,731 feet (3,576 m), is the highest point in the Clark Range, [1] just surpassing three other peaks; Red Peak (11,704 feet), [5] Gray Peak (11,578 feet), [6] and Mount Clark (11,527 feet). Merced Peak is located close to southern border of Yosemite National Park, near the Ottoway Lakes.
A shuttle bus from Yosemite Valley to Glacier Point is available for a fee from June to October, when Glacier Point Road is open. The bus leaves the Yosemite Lodge at 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. and takes a little over an hour to get to Glacier Point. There is no regular shuttle bus service from Glacier Point down to Yosemite Valley. [3] [4]
The Lyell Glacier is the largest glacier in Yosemite National Park and is one of the few remaining in the Sierra Nevada today. The park has three groves of ancient giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) trees; the Mariposa Grove (200 trees), the Tuolumne Grove (25 trees), and the Merced Grove (20 trees). [8]
Many mountains in Yosemite National Park are higher than 12,000 feet (3,700 m); three are higher than 13,000 feet (4,000 m). [1] [2] The peaks of Yosemite are among some of the highest mountains in California. The below table gives information from peakbagger and summitpost.
The Clark Range is a subrange of California's Sierra Nevada in Yosemite National Park. [1] Initially, the range was known as the "Merced Group" in early writings of Yosemite from Josiah Whitney and John Muir. [2] [3]
Between 1872 and 1968, people would stoke a large fire atop Yosemite's Glacier Point late in the day then push the red-hot embers from the fire off a cliffside after nightfall to the amazement of ...
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