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Fairview Dome.
Photo by Blitzo.

Description 

Fairview Dome is one of the largest and steepest domes that is easily accessed from the road in Tuolumne. It is home to such classics as the Regular Route (one of Roper and Steck's picks) and Lucky Streaks, modern testpieces such as Nightshift, as well as some harder (and scarier) lines. Fairview offers steep crack systems as well as more typical face/slab climbing.

Getting There 

Park at the obvious pullout south of the road that is 3.5 miles from the store and 4 miles from Tenaya Lake. The trail to the dome takes about 15 minutes to hike and leaves you near the center of the Dome.

Once you finish your route of choice, the obvious descent heads south down easy slabs to terra firma. One then walks back along the base of the dome to packs/trail. Allow about 30-45 mintues.

The Classics

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Regular Route 5.9  CA : Yosemite National Park : ... : Fairview Dome

P1: Lieback to fingers to a small belay stance (or continue up to large ledge with pine tree). (5.9)P2: Hands to a wide pod to a ledge. (5.8)P3: Sustained fingers (5.7) through a couple of small roofs to a ledge. (5.8)P4: Incipient cracks up to and over scary flake. Traverse up and right past two pins to huge "Crescent Ledge." (5.8)P5: Follow right-facing dihedral on left side of ledge up, increasing in difficulty (5.6), or traverse left to the 5.5 R flakes. (5.6)P6: Another dihedral...[more]   Browse More Classics in CA

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Erratic boulder and Fairview Dome. Photo by Blitzo...	Great Belay! "Great Pumpkin". Photo by Blitzo.	Fairview
BETA PHOTO: Fairview Dome from the South Flank of Daff Dome.	Fairview Dome directly across from DAFF Dome with ...	Fairview Dome
Fairview dome	On the desent of Fairview	Nick on Fairview dome
Fairview dome	Bob Horan runout on Scavenger, Fairview Dome.	Summit view. Conness lies in the distance.
Geological genuflection September 2011	Fairview Dome	Taken around sunset after climbing Regular Route