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Tuolumne Bouldering Climbing

Climbing Area Map

Areas in Tuolumne Bouldering

Campground Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Cathedral Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Drug Dome Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Drug Dome Trees 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Gunks, The 0 / 0 / 0 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

Kitty Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Knobs, The 0 / 0 / 0 / 15 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 15

May Lake - Battle Tanks 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Medlicott Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Olmsted Canyon Boulders 0 / 0 / 2 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Olmsted Point Boulders 0 / 0 / 2 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Puppy Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 33 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 33

Pywiack Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Raisin Creek 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Ridge Top Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Sunrise Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Tenaya East Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 10 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 10

Tenaya Lake Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Tenaya West Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

White Mountain West Side Boulder Field 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 1

Yosemite Creek 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Elevation:	8,580 ft
GPS:	37.873, -119.364 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
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Shared By:	Euan Cameron on Jul 8, 2012
Admins:	M Morley, Adam Stackhouse, Salamanizer suchoski, Justin Johnsen, Vicki Schwantes

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Ongoing Issues:
Yosemite National Park climbing closures and conditions

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Description

Scattered throughout Tuolumne Meadows are a number of small (generally each has no more than 50 problems) bouldering areas. All of them feature the stellar rock you would expect. Along with the amazing rock you also get idyllic settings and weather which is often cooler than other bouldering areas which you may be thinking of visiting in the near vicinity.

Each area has its own unique character ranging from the famous Tuolumne knobs featured at The Knobs, to a style not often seen at The Gunks to perfect granite and a flowing river at the Puppy Dome Boulders.

What makes this even better is the fact that the majority of the areas are all accessible via a short stroll from Highway 120!

Getting There

Tuolumne Meadows is accessed via highway 120, either from the west or via Tioga Pass from the east. The Tioga Pass road is generally closed (snowfall) from fall through mid to late May or so (sometimes later, depending on the snow).

115 Total Climbs

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Classic Climbing Routes at Tuolumne Bouldering

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

V0 4 27 ● The Gallery Boulder Puppy Boulders > J.B.'s Boulder
V1 5 40 ● Flakes Boulder Tenaya E Boulders > Cube
V1 5 35 ● Olmsted Crack Boulder Olmsted Point B… > Olmsted Crack Boulder
V3 6A 39 ● The Scoop Boulder Knobs > Scoop Boulder
V3 6A 22 ● Golden Rastafarian Boulder Kitty Boulders > Golden Rastafarian
V3 6A 48 ● Double Dyno Boulder Knobs > Eliminator Boulder
V3 6A PG13 10 ● Texas Radio Boulder Tenaya W Boulders
V5 6C 4 ● Ghetto Snake Boulder Cathedral Boulders > Ghetto Snake
V5 6C 47 ● Kauk Problem Boulder Knobs > Eliminator Boulder
V5 6C 29 ● Cellulite Eliminator Stand Start Boulder Gunks > Steel Fingers
V6 7A 11 ● Reach for a Peach Boulder Tenaya E Boulders > Reach for a Peach Bou…
V7 7A+ 26 ● Cellulite Eliminator Boulder Gunks > Steel Fingers
V8 7B 6 ● Mean Green Boulder Gunks > Green Meanies
V8 7B 3 ● Steelfingers Traverse Boulder Gunks > Steel Fingers
V8 7B 12 ● Lost, But Not Forgotten Boulder Pywiack Boulders > Pywiack Boulder