Explore the rugged and remote high country of northern Yosemite National Park. This advanced peak challenge is based on the NPS's official map and includes all peaks lying north of Tioga Road that are shown on the map. Escape the crowds of Yosemite Valley and get out into some of the most spectacular mountainous scenery in the US. You'll likely have many of these peaks all to yourself. A companion to the Yosemite South Peaks Challenge. Based on this official NPS map: https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/upload/YOSEmap1.pdf
Highest peak
Mount Conness
12,590 ft / 3,837 m
Most prominent peak
Mount Conness
2,647 ft / 806 m prom
Most summited peak
Mount Conness
50 summits
Most difficult peak
Lembert Dome
Class 5
Difficulty breakdown
Class 5+ 1 peak
Highlights
Latest summits
"Another dayhike from Tuolumne Meadows. Freesolo North Ridge 5.6 including downclimbs after climbed Sheep Peak, all 5 Roosevelt Pinnacles and North Peak for a full Roosevelt Lake ridge traverse." — miketoffey • Jul 15, 2022
"Overnight trip out of Leavitt Meadow. Lots of action on this one: fun class 2/3 climb in the chute, but especially along the ridge leading up to it. Played a minor role in a rescue of an injured backpacker. Marmots chewed through both shoulder straps of my pack overnight at Tower Lake, and were halfway through the waist belt (!). Packed out a bunch of abandoned gear including a 100m climbing rope." — klotito • Aug 8, 2021
"Mount Conness and North Peak, climbing Conness via the Glacier Route. This trip was much harder and took longer than I expected, mostly due to really soft snow conditions. I was postholing all day after about 9:30 am. Even the Conness Glacier was rotten and I was punching through up to my knees and hips seemingly with every other step. The Glacier Route gully was snow-filled and steeper than I expected with a short icy crux. The scramble to the summit of Conness from the notch was a fun catwalk over stable rock.
I had enough energy to make the climb to North Peak, again postholing through soft snow. My arrival at the summit of North Peak coincided with the start of a thunderstorm, hitting first with hail, then cold wind, then lightning and thunder. I hauled ass back down to the lakes basin before the lighting started in earnest.
The long hike out along Greenstone and Saddlebag lakes seemed to take forever: postholing the entire way (even in snowshoes!) with thunder cracking overhead. By the time I got back to the trailhead, the storm had dropped about three inches of fresh snow." — klotito • May 15, 2021
"Mount Conness and North Peak, climbing Conness via the Glacier Route. This trip was much harder and took longer than I expected, mostly due to really soft snow conditions. I was postholing all day after about 9:30 am. Even the Conness Glacier was rotten and I was punching through up to my knees and hips seemingly with every other step. The Glacier Route gully was snow-filled and steeper than I expected with a short icy crux. The scramble to the summit of Conness from the notch was a fun catwalk over stable rock.
I had enough energy to make the climb to North Peak, again postholing through soft snow. My arrival at the summit of North Peak coincided with the start of a thunderstorm, hitting first with hail, then cold wind, then lightning and thunder. I hauled ass back down to the lakes basin before the lighting started in earnest.
The long hike out along Greenstone and Saddlebag lakes seemed to take forever: postholing the entire way (even in snowshoes!) with thunder cracking overhead. By the time I got back to the trailhead, the storm had dropped about three inches of fresh snow." — klotito • May 15, 2021
"Big link up scrambling from the NE Ridge of North Peak, north ridge of Conness and north ridge of White. Rapped the crux off the second tower towards Conness but soloed the rest. Likely my hardest free solo route to date. Complete TR: https://TheMtsAreCalling.com/north" — Christopher • Aug 25, 2020