Yosemite National Park: Climbing
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Half Dome
Yosemite's iconic dome and climbing spot Half Dome is a granite dome at the eastern end of Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park, California. It is a well-known rock formation in the park, named for its distinct shape.
El Capitan
The Nose is one of the original technical climbing routes up El Capitan. Once considered impossible to climb, El Capitan is now the standard for big-wall climbing.
Daff Dome
Daff Dome or DAFF Dome is a prominent 800 feet granite dome in Yosemite National Park, 3 miles west of Tuolumne Meadows and 1,700 feet from the Tioga Road.
Midnight Lightning
Midnight Lightning is a 7.62-metre grade 7B+ bouldering problem on the granite Columbia Boulder in Camp 4 of Yosemite National Park. It is considered to be one of the world's most famous bouldering problems.
Salathé Wall
The Salathé Wall is one of the original technical climbing routes up El Capitan, a 3,000-foot high granite monolith in Yosemite National Park. The Salathé Wall was named by Yvon Chouinard in honor of John Salathé, a pioneer of rock climbing in Yosemite.
Royal Arches
The Royal Arches refers to a cliff containing natural occurring granite exfoliation arches, located below North Dome and rising above Yosemite Valley, in Yosemite National Park, California.
Royal Arches Route
The Royal Arches Route is a technical climbing route in California's Yosemite Valley on the Royal Arches wall. The route is recognized in the historic climbing text Fifty Classic Climbs of North America.
Regular Northwest Face of Half Dome
The Regular Northwest Face of Half Dome was the first Grade VI climb in the United States. It was first climbed in 1957 by a team consisting of Royal Robbins, Mike Sherrick, and Jerry Gallwas. Its current aid climbing rating is VI 5.9 A1 or 5.12 for the free climbing variation.
North face
The North Face of Fairview Dome also known as the Regular Route of Fairview Dome is a technical rock climbing route in Tuolumne Meadows of Yosemite National Park. It is featured in Fifty Classic Climbs of North America.
Lost Arrow Spire Tip
The Lost Arrow Spire Tip is a popular technical climbing route up Lost Arrow Spire, a detached pillar in Yosemite National Park, in Yosemite Valley, California, located immediately adjacent to Upper Yosemite Falls. This route begins at an area called The Notch.
Columbia Boulder
Columbia Boulder is a 30-foot-tall boulder located in Camp 4 at Yosemite National Park. It is the largest boulder in Camp 4 and easily seen from the campground. According to Mike Borghoff, there are no easy bouldering problems on Columbia Boulder. There are several bouldering problems on Columbia including the iconic Midnight Lightning.
Steck-Salathé Route
The Steck-Salathé Route is a technical climbing route up Sentinel Rock. The route was first climbed, in extremely hot weather with minimal water, from June 30 - July 4, 1950, by Allen Steck and John Salathé, up the 1,600-foot north face of Sentinel Rock in Yosemite Valley.
East Buttress
The East Buttress Route is a technical climbing routes up Middle Cathedral Rock. The route is recognized in the historic climbing text Fifty Classic Climbs of North America and considered a classic around the world.
Lost Arrow Spire Chimney
The Lost Arrow Spire Chimney in California's Yosemite National Park is the first technical climbing route to ascend the entire Lost Arrow Spire. This route shares the last two pitches with the Lost Arrow Spire Tip route which can also be reached by rappelling from above.