Obscure, less crowded routes in Yosemite (if there is such a thing)
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I'll be stopping into Yosemite at the end of May for a week or so and I'm looking for suggestions on some less traveled, half/full day free climbs in the 5.9-.11(-) range. Long approaches, off-width or the occasional mundge I can deal with, what I hate is waiting in line and/or feeling pressure from other parties while on route. I'm not opposed to climbing in the dark just for a little peace. Yeah, I'm selfish and want the whole route to myself so instead of posting for all to see, you should PM your hidden gem. I promise I won't tell. |
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There's loads & loads of routes in Yosemite no one does very often. |
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Golden Dawn on Mt Watkins..a premier face/dike climb many pitches.perfect rock.N face of Quarter Dome ..good climbing, long approach and an easy to aid crux... |
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Right Side of Split Pinnacle 5.8 |
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john strand wrote:Golden Dawn on Mt Watkins..a premier face/dike climb many pitches.perfect rock.N face of Quarter Dome ..good climbing, long approach and an easy to aid crux...Forgot to see your comment about half/day full day..these 2 will take the better part of a half day for the approach |
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Tim wrote:off-width or the occasional mundge I can deal withMost of the one or two-star routes on the Cathedrals. |
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Ho Chi Minh trail on Middle Cathedral. GREAT route. Will not have a line, likely, the approach is like 10 minutes from the car. |
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If it's not to hot check out Parkline. Look on Mt Project. Flying in the Mountains and P Line Express are awesome for multi pitch. First 2 pitches of the Dangling Chads are 5 stars and the rest of the route is good too. Tweet this is an awesome pitch. And lots more. |
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"Obscure, less crowded routes in Yosemite (if there is such a thing)?" |
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Another + 1 for dnb> Ho Chi Minh , south by southwest, freeblast, The CH. Honestly this time of year I really doubt you need to get too obscure to avoid other people |
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the good book |
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Arrowhead Arete |
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Good Book, Book of Job, Stoner's Highway, Mental Block.. All classics and chances are you'll be the only one on em. Use the search tool. You can tell if soemthing's gonna be crowded, in general. Beyond this site... you'll need the reid guide. |
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Is it safe again to hit the Good Book? Last I heard (albeit a while ago) that rockfall was still an issue. Lower Cathedral Rock, Phantom Pinnacle. South by Southwest on Lower Spire. Middle Cathedral Apron. Camp 4 Wall. There's lots of stuff if you look around. |
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p3+ of Mental Block is beautiful and a great destination if you absolutely love heal-toeing but seems like a pretty severe way to avoid crowds. We gave up at the top of p3. |
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Mr. Natural (10c) on the Glacier Point Apron |
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i second the Mr Natural!!!!! Holy shit! |
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Is the rockfall stabilized over by mr Natural ? Green Dragon is a good start and has a short crux. |