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Fifi Buttress To Close! MORE INFO >>> 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. Keeping climbing areas open and conserving the climbing environment

BETA PHOTO: The staircase falls area is the wall directly behi...

Description 

This small area to the right of Glacier Point Apron sports a couple of good TR/boulder problems and some obscure free and aid lines.

Getting There 

This area lies almost directly behind the Raft Rental shed. Approach from the Curry wooden cabins. Find Cabin 73, walk around the right side and then straight up the hill, gaining a faint trail to the base of the wall.

The Classics

Featured Route For Staircase Falls

Circuit Breaker 5.11b  CA : Yosemite National Park : ... : Staircase Falls

This is one of the classic crack boulder problems in the Valley. Approximately 20' tall with a short approach, flat landing, and easy walk off, this slightly leaning splitter finger crack is great for honing your thin fingercrack technique. Mostly first knuckle locks. Usually bouldered, but you could rig a TR if desired....[more]   Browse More Classics in CA