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Are there routes on Yosemite Falls

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David Ladowitz · · San Francisco · Joined Jun 2011 · Points: 0

I was just in Yosemite this week and heading back again tomorrow. Yosemite Falls is completely dry. I'm wondering if there are any 'secret' routes that are only possible to climb when the waterfall dries up.

Maybe this happens so infrequently that no one has tried? Is it possible there are some good first ascents right there hiding behind a waterfall?

Addison · · Boulder, CO · Joined Sep 2010 · Points: 35

maybe you should just go find out

paddyrock · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jun 2008 · Points: 80

now is a good time if there are routes up there. tis as dry as a bone.

Kevin · · California · Joined Jan 2012 · Points: 0

Of course there are routes. The question is, are there routes within your FA ability?

FrankPS · · Atascadero, CA · Joined Nov 2009 · Points: 276

These routes are not in my guidebooks and are too wet in the spring:

mountainproject.com/v/lower…

Tristan Higbee · · Pocatello, ID · Joined Mar 2008 · Points: 2,970

Yes. The old Don Reid Yosemite big walls guidebook has some.

tallmark515 · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Sep 2007 · Points: 473

Not really that secret... Some good routes on unique rock. Check that MP link that FrankPS posted. Mostly 5.10's. I think that they are in the Reid guide.

mattm · · TX · Joined Jun 2006 · Points: 1,885

See Clint's guide for route list

Yosemite Route List

Bryan G · · June Lake, CA · Joined Nov 2007 · Points: 6,167

Via Sin Agua is sort of famous. Pretty sure it's in the Reid Big Walls book. Can you imagine going up there with a clear forecast and then having some afternoon thunderclouds move in on you? Or if it just started raining miles away in White Wolf or something. You'd drown in your harness.

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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