Tuolumne Meadows

Tuolumne Meadows area and Tenaya Lake, from Olmste...

Description 

Tuolumne Meadows is the high country climbing area of Yosemite National Park. The region is highlighted by many beautiful granite domes which offer the ultimate in knob and slab climbing. There are also classic non-dome formations like Cathedral Peak (first ascent by John Muir in the 1800's) and the Matthes Crest which are very popular with climbers. Tuolumne Meadows is a beautiful, serene place without many of the tourist popularity issues plaguing Yosemite Valley these days. The usual Tuolumne "season" for climbing runs from May through mid-Fall or so.

Getting There 

Tuolumne Meadows is accessed via highway 120, either from the west or via Tioga Pass from the east. The Tioga Pass road is generally closed (snowfall) from fall through mid to late May or so (sometimes later, depending on the snow).

Featured Route For Tuolumne Meadows

Southeast Buttress 5.6  CA : Yosemite National Park : Cathedral Peak

You can really climb all over the southest buttress. You get the most climbing if you start at it's lowest point, in the middle. Many people start up and to the right a little, which loses some vertical, and the first pitch over there isn't so good.However you start, after 3 pitches, steadily increasing from 5.3 to 5.6, you'll probably be funneled into a chimney. It can get crowded here, and a backpack can be a real pain. Climb around to the ...[more]

Add Photo Photos of Tuolumne Meadows

Runout friction climbing is the name of the game!	BETA PHOTO: Echo Peaks	Rogers & Electra Peaks to the left of Mt Lyell Gla...
Tuolumne River. Photo by Blitzo.	Watch out for pterodacyls! Photo by Blitzo.	Dozier Dome area. Photo by Blitzo.
Pywiack, Medlicott and Dozier Domes. Photo by Blit...	Looking west from "Hobbit Book". Photo by Blitzo.	Tuolumne. Photo by Blitzo.
First snow of the season-MT Gibbs. Photo by Blitzo...	Pothole Dome. Photo by Blitzo.	Bonjour mademoiselle, es que vous grimper?
Bouldering at The Knobs. Photo by Blitzo.	Bouldering near Mountaineers Dome. Photo by Blitzo...	Rick Cashner bouldering at the Knobs. Photo by Bli...
Another unpredictable spring day going to the Mead...	The view reaches The Valley high on the West Ridge...	DAFF and Fairview. Photo by Blitzo.
The wintry meadows from above, with Fairview and t...	A SW across the Meadows toward Yosemite Valley. H...	Bouldering in the vastness of Tuolumne. Photo by B...
Cottage Dome approach, with Fairview in the backgr...	Bouldering on Dog dome	Sunset on Tenaya Lake
Sascha Madrid bouldering at the Knobs	Bouldering at the Knobs	Panorama from the top of Hobbit Book (Mariuolumne ...
Jammin' @ Tuolumne Meadows. Photo by Blitzo.