The following areas are closed to all visitor use to protect peregrine falcon aeries from March 1 until August 1 of each year or until the young falcons of the current year have fledged: Fifi Buttress Immediately west of Leaning Tower. Closure includes all routes on Fifi Buttress.
This information is a public crowdsourcing effort between the Access Fund,
and Mountain Project. You should confirm closures, restrictions, and/or related dates.
This wonderful crag is 20 feet off of CA HWY 140 on the way to El Portal. It hosts multiple challenging sport climbs and an excellent crack climb with 3 bolts at the beginning.
Getting There
Coming from the east, exit the park and drive less than one mile until you notice the large crag on the right (south) side of the road. If you reach the "25 MPH Right Turn" sign you have gone too far. This crag is OUTSIDE of Yosemite.
Park at the pull off on the river side of the road and walk up river 75M until you reach the obvious crag on your left.
The Classics
Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for U.S.G.S. Wall:
This sustained route clips three bolts at the beginning and continues up the only crack on the wall past a pumpy finger crack....[more]Browse More Classics in CA
Could you give better description to how to find parking lot for U.S.G.S. Wall. for instance - milage from Arch Rock entrance would be helpful. Update: Sevve, thanks for update how to get to USGS