The Cookie Cliff  Photos:  Recent | Best | Popular Lat, Long:  37.7184, -119.7187 Map Page Views:  87,002. Good page? (1 like)    Administrators:  M.Morley, Sam Vanderhyden, Tom Erickson Submitted By:  Blitzo on Sep 23, 2006 Make this area a Favorite What's New   Print a Mini-Guide with routes Add Route  Add Photo  Add Comment  Add Event  Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu 68° | 34° 72° | 36° 72° | 36° 64° | 32° 61° | 32°

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

Werner Braun on "Meat Grinder".
Photo by Blitzo.

Description 

The Cookie is a classic Yosemite crack area. It contains some of the world's best crack climbs.
"Outer Limits", "Meat Grinder", "Red Zinger", "Butterfingers", "Wheat Thin", "Waverly Wafer" and "Crack-A-Go-Go" are a few of the classics found in this area.

Getting There 

This cliff is about 1/2 mile down the canyon from the Cascade Creek bridge.
Park in a pullout on the river side of the road. The approach is obvious.

The Classics

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Outer Limits 5.10c  CA : Yosemite National Park : ... : The Cookie Cliff

This climbs the Beautiful crack to the right of "Elevator Shaft", for two pitches. Traverse right at the top of the second pitch.People usally do the first pitch then rappel. A true Yosemite Classic!...[more]   Browse More Classics in CA

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BETA PHOTO: Poison Oak is very common in the Lower Merced Cany...	Merced River below the Cookie and Elephant Rock. P...	Looking at the cookie
Merced in the spring. Just below The Cookie Cliff.	John Bacher, 1985.	The Cookie from the road