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Echo Peaks
Knife Edge (4753953644).jpg
The ridge connecting Echo Peaks 2 & 3 from Echo Peak 1
Highest point
Elevation 11,160 ft (3,400 m) NAVD 88
Geography
Location Yosemite National Park, Tuolumne Meadows, Mariposa County, California, U.S.
Parent range Sierra Nevada

Echo Peaks consists of nine peaks, in the Tuolumne Meadows region of Yosemite National Park, California. They are near Echo Ridge.

John Muir and Echo Peaks

John Muir passed by Echo Peaks, writing about it in The Yosemite, sometime during or before 1912.

The area

Echo Peaks are near all of Budd Lake, Cathedral Lakes, Cathedral Peak, Cockscomb, Elizabeth Lake, Matthes Crest, Tresidder Peak and Unicorn Peak.

Rock climbing

Echos Peaks have rock climbing. Among rock climbers, Echo Peaks are popular, offering class 2-5 climbs on the nine peaklets.

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