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California : Yosemite National Park : Tuolumne Meadows : * Tuolumne Bouldering

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Tuolumne Meadows Bouldering second edition

Charlie Barrett / Flash Press / 2020

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From the Flash Press site: "Tuolumne Meadows Bouldering, second edition is the bouldering guide to Tuolumne Meadows. As a 19 year veteran of Tuolumne Charlie knows the ins and outs of the Meadows and with this book, so can you.

Released in 2020, the 372 page, full color Tuolumne Meadows Bouldering guidebook covers over 1,200 boulder problems at 32 different areas in Yosemite's High Country. Tuolumne Meadows offers some of the best summertime bouldering in the U.S.. This book is the essential guide for every boulder looking to enjoy perfect rock in a great setting with problems at every grade and angle from 5.6 to V13. Don't miss it! "

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Tuolumne Bouldering

Chris Summit (2009) Supertopo

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From the publisher's website: "Tuolumne Bouldering showcases 20 of this great destination’s best bouldering areas. It has more than 275 of the best boulder problems in one of the most pristine alpine rock playgrounds on Earth. Tuolumne has a little something for everyone---steep faces, golden diorite knob pinches, splitter crack jams, gnarly old school mantels and a little bit of every other style of bouldering challenge. Located above 8000 feet in the “high country” Tuolumne Meadows is covered in snow every winter and the only road in is closed, but when summer is on the horizon and the snow is melting, the road will open just in time for you to escape the heat and crowds of the popular, lower elevation areas nearby such as Bishop and Yosemite Valley. The classic boulder problems that abound have rich histories and traditions. You can climb in the footsteps of legends like Bachar, Kauk and Yabo. Marvel in the Sierra geology, inhale the fresh mountain air, cherish the clear sky by day, gaze at the star-filled skies at night and live life the way it was meant to be lived—positive and free, in Tuolumne. "

California : Yosemite National Park : Tuolumne Meadows

Tuolumne Meadows Climbing: A Comprehensive Guide

FEATURED: Tuolumne Meadows Climbing: A Comprehensive Guide

Robin Hirsch and Thomas Bukowski, published by Cibola Publishing House LLC, printed June 2024

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Over a decade in the making, this is the first new rock climbing guidebook in 15 years to this magnificent alpine region of Yosemite National Park. A comprehensive guidebook written from scratch to the roped rock climbs in Tuolumne Meadows, consisting of formations reachable off Highway 120, between Crane Flat in the west and Lee Vining in the east. Over 1,700 routes are catalogued in detail across over 170 formations, with approach and parking directions, route descriptions and grades, photo overlays, maps and topos, and more.

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Tuolumne Free Climbs: 2nd Edition (2009)

Barnes, McNamara, Roper / SuperTopo

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From the publisher's website: "Tuolumne Free Climb: 2nd Editions includes twice as many routes as the first edition: over 275 of the best routes in Tuolumne Meadows from 14-pitch trad climbs to one-pitch sport routes."

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Rock Climbing Tuolumne Meadows: 4th Edition (2006)

Don Reid and Chris Falkenstein (2006) Falcon Guides ISBN-13: 978-0762734283

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Quoted from the back cover:

"Rock Climbing Tuolumne Meadows leads the way to more than 1,000 traditional and sport routes and classic bouldering problems of all degrees of difficulty. Expert climbers Don Reid and Chris Falkenstein share their knowledge of this high-country area, with excellent face and crack climbs on granite domes plus alpine ascents on the surrounding high peaks."

California : Yosemite National Park

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Off the Wall: Death in Yosemite

Michael P. Ghiglieri and Charles R. Farabee (2007) Puma Press

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Not a climbing book per se, but full of lovely climbing legends, lore and gore, including some firsthand stories, from a coauthor that did a stint as a ranger in the Valley.

Rock Climbing Yosemite's Select

Don Reid (1998) Falcon Guides ISBN-13: 978-1575401157

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A fairly good compilation about Yosemite's "favorite" climbs. Unfortunately, this also usually means that you'll wait in line on most of the lower difficulty climbs. The information in the book is concise and accurate, though often approach information is a little cryptic.

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