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Sentinel Creek Area


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Submitted By: Alexey on Nov 20, 2007
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Description 

This secluded area is right of Sentinel. It's a shady place with some good routes as Vanishing Point, Mental Block, Hari-Kiri, Ying-Yang and Maniana


Getting There 

Park at turnout 1.4 miles east from El Cap Bridge. This turnout has a shoulders on booth sides of the road. From right turnout find the trail which lead to Valley loop trail. Turn left ( east) to Valley loop trail and walk about 3 min until you cross dry creek and turn right when you see the duck to the climbers trail. This trail bring you to the base of Maniana.


The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Sentinel Creek Area:
Mental Block   5.10c     Trad, 5 pitches, 400 feet, Grade III   
Vanishing Point   5.10d     Trad, 1 pitch   
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Featured Route For Sentinel Creek Area
P1.Chossy Start of the route. Above you can see right facing corner - the real route start

Mental Block 5.10c  CA : Yosemite National Park : ... : Sentinel Creek Area
This is classic route that has not seen much traffic. The entire route is following right facing corner from pitch 2 to the end. Considered as a good step forward on the road to Twilight Zone http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.html?topic_id=37685>>>>> climbing this route twice I still think this is true 10c, and despite that all individual moves there is easier that start of Generator Crack - you do crux section in the middl...[more]   Browse More Classics in CA


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By Marc Volland
From: Grand Canyon
4 days ago

Beware!
Many people don't know that poison oak grows this high up, but it does. Part way up the hill on the approach trail, you will encounter it growing low to the ground(ankle biters). It peaks around the base of Manana then disappears along the rest of the cliff.