Elevation: 4,132 ft
GPS: 37.728, -119.625 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Shared By: Josh Janes on Sep 21, 2006
Admins: M. Morley, Adam Stackhouse, Salamanizer suchoski, Justin Johnsen, Vicki Schwantes
Access Issue: Yosemite National Park climbing closures and conditions Details

Description

Shultz's Ridge is a great cragging area and home to the classic Moratorium (11b).

Getting There

There are two dirt pullouts on the left side of the road just under two miles west of Camp 4. Park at the first one for the Moratorium, and the second one for most other routes. Cross the street and follow generally good trails through the woods to the wall. The Moratorium approach is steeper and longer than guidebooks make it out to be (allow 15-25 minutes of hiking time).

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Classic Climbing Routes at Schultz's Ridge

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5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
 14
● Crystalline Passage
Sport
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
 10
● Proud Snapper
Trad
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
 5
● Hooter Alert
Sport
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
 24
● New Suede Shoes
Sport
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
 19
● Just Do Me
Sport
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
 18
● Are You Hard Enough?
Sport
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c PG13
 16
● Demon's Delight
Trad 4 pitches
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
 8
● Superstem
Sport
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
 125
● The Moratorium
Trad 4 pitches
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
● Crystalline Passage
 14
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Sport
● Proud Snapper
 10
5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b Trad
● Hooter Alert
 5
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Sport
● New Suede Shoes
 24
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Sport
● Just Do Me
 19
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Sport
● Are You Hard Enough?
 18
5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b Sport
● Demon's Delight
 16
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c PG13 Trad 4 pitches
● Superstem
 8
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Sport
● The Moratorium
 125
5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c Trad 4 pitches
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3rd pitch crux.. underclinging tips crack
3rd pitch crux.. underclinging tips crack
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Yosemite Valley Overview - North - El Cap to Camp 4<br> <br> Route depictions are approximate.<br> <br> Areas/routes shown include:<br> <br> [[105833392]]<br> -[[105833467]]<br> <br> [[105841115]]<br> <br> [[105862901]]<br> -[[105874604]]<br> <br> [[106612472]]<br> <br> [[106788228]]<br> <br> [[105833498]]<br> -[[105833505]]<br> -[[107065849]]<br> <br> [[105876539]]<br> <br> [[105986637]]<br> -[[106451171]]<br> -Hawkman's Escape<br> <br> Middle Brother<br> -[[107409622]]<br> -[[105865211]]<br> -[[105945928]]
Yosemite Valley Overview - North - El Cap to Ca…
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The wild 2nd pitch stemming corner
The wild 2nd pitch stemming corner
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Johnny Y
California
Johnny Y   California
For Dan and Jerry's Playground approach, Supertopo says park at the 2nd and smaller of the two dirt pullouts, we did and ended up going up some drainage across the road (probably for Endless Summer Wall) and went too high. On the way back we followed the trail down from Just Do Me and popped out at the PAVED pullout just ~20m before our small dirt pullout.

The paved pullout is shy of 1.8 miles west of Camp 4 and the faint trailhead starts on the east end of the pullout close to a water pipe. Great area to go for a rest day. Apr 25, 2013
Erik Sloan
Erik Sloan  
This area was heavily impacted by falling rocks during 2017. Probably best to not climb here for a while, or if you do, please post up if you find that climbs have changed or have been damaged.
Woot!
Erik
RockClimbYosemite.com Jan 12, 2018