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El Capitan Base Routes

Submitted By: Sketchy Sam on Jul 13, 2006
Administrator: Greg Opland
Latitude: 37.7286  Longitude: -119.6371 
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Description 

The base of El Capitan is home to numerous dreamy classic climbs to cut your teeth on while gazing up at the Big Stone.


Getting There 

Park in El Cap Meadows area and hike the trail up to the base. Figure on about 10 minutes for the approach.



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Sacherer Cracker. Hard.

Sacherer Cracker 5.10a  CA : Yosemite National Park : El Capitan Base Routes
One of the most classic pitches at its grade in all of Yosemite, Sacherer Cracker is a full value 120+ feet of stellar jamming and clean movement. Begin with a short wide section that leads to a small ledge (two bolts provide an optional belay here); step left to the splitter finger crack that widens gradually as you work your way toward the final, notorious wide section that guards the chains. Some find this section to be the route's...[more]


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By Greg Smith
From: Fort Collins, CO
Aug 3, 2007

Can anyone tell me how to add a route on this page? One of my favorite climbs "The Mark of Art" branches off this climb right before the offwidth and continues straight up for another 70 ft. It is awesome!
Greg

By Mike Morley
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From: Oakland, CA
Aug 3, 2007

Greg, just click the "Add Route" button above.