Quarry Peak, East Face. Quarry Peak has a broad expansive face above remote Matterhorn Canyon in the far northeastern portion of Yosemite National Park. Gary Slate and I made the second route on this face, one well to the north of the Bartlett-Clevenger route. Our route was slightly shorter, and probably not quite as sustained, but nevertheless had eight worthy and sustained pitches. The rock is a bit gravelly at times, but quite solid. A dihedral system, with moves getting around an overhanging block, was the hardest portion. Friends worked better for protection than chocks because many of the cracks were flared. The route can be identified on the northern quarter of the east face by the dihedral and the reddish tone of the granite to its right. (Grade III, 5.9.)

Fred Beckey