Matterhorn Peak

Matterhorn Peak is located in the Sierra Nevada, in the western U.S. state of California, at the northern boundary of Yosemite National Park. At 12,285ft elevation, it is the tallest peak in the craggy Alps-like Sawtooth Ridge and the northernmost 12000ft peak in the Sierra Nevada. The peak also supports the Sierra's northernmost glacier system. It was named after the Matterhorn in the Alps.The peak can be ascended without climbing gear.In popular cultureJack Kerouac, in The Dharma Bums (1958), describes a hike up and a run down the mountain. This led to the classic observation, "You can't fall off a mountain."