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).

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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).

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the entire route as seen atop the black streaked slabs

Summit view.

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Matt Williams

Sep 26, 2016

“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).”

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Ms Tenaya, charged on 7/5 with attempted murder by chewing through climbers' rope, TWICE.

Free soloing with a friend

Christina scopes the view from the summit of Tenaya Peak on a cool cloudy summer day. 7/2012. <br>
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the entire route as seen atop the black streaked slabs

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).

Summit view.

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.

tara nearing the upper vertical pitches

Maidy on the final traverse at the top.

Eva Geraghty on the summit of Tenaya Peak

You pretty much follow a route that goes just left of the skyline in this photo.

Ledge

One third up the route.

Follow the edge up. Stay left.

I suspect many people encountered Ms. Tenaya (as we named her) or her friends on this route.

Kim (her first solo) making the last vertical moves on the final pitch.

The "open bouldery area" referenced in Supertopo, marked by a big cairn, to drop down and out onto the frontside talus slope facing the lake, to connect to the frontside ledge traverse descent option. This spot is about 20-30 mins below the true summit, after passing the second and bigger rock formation along the way down the ridgeline. Aug 2015.

Cruising up the fun terrain, pretending there's an earthquake or something

Looking up the route. If you choose to rope up this is about where you want to do it.

Tenaya Buttress with the lake beyond.

John Dalbey on Tenaya Peak

Descent as defined by Yosemite climbing stewards

Looking down the route up Tenaya midway up the buttress

the perfect photo op (photo by Miguel)

Nate about halfway up the route

Tim on Tenaya Peak. 7/2012.

Looking down from the summit.

Noriko on the lower slabs.

Top of Tenaya Peak

the views along the way to the summit are so very stunning... so many incredible views of the high country

the views on the descent are spectacular...

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