Cathedral peak Yosemite, 25 Oct 2016

Hi, I'm Seb from Montreal Canada and going to Cali for work, my climbing partner Ben and I have the 25th of Oct 2016 off and we want to climb Cathedral Peak. we have no trad and multi pitch experience but really want to do this climb. I love climbing, I have the gear it takes but lack experience. I sport climb and top rope single pitch only... Suggestions ? Thank you :) Seb

Highway 120/Tioga Road is currently closed. Good chance you won't be able to get to Tuolumne Meadows to climb Cathedral Peak.

dot.ca.gov/cgi-bin/roads.cg…;submit=Search

Thank you !

Maybe next year and by then ill have gained more experience.

Seb

it's closed because of rockfall. It might re-open before your trip.

DOT states due to snow over the weekend. Warmer weather all week so check DOT or caltrans website.

Colin Sander Secret Yinzer wrote:it's closed because of rockfall. It might re-open before your trip.

Quote from the Caltrans website:

This highway information is the latest reported as of Tuesday, October 18, 2016 at 14:08.

SR 120

[IN THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AREA & SIERRA NEVADA]
IS CLOSED FROM CRANE FLAT TO 5 MI WEST OF THE JCT OF US 395 /TIOGA PASS/ (TUOLUMNE, MONO CO) - DUE TO SNOW - MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO USE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE

That's the one. I was paraphrasing.

Colin Sander Secret Yinzer wrote:it's closed because of rockfall. It might re-open before your trip.

I was hoping it would re-open, but this is the rockfall that you're describing.

Ejoe has it. they usually just list 'snow' because its on a tip-down menu or something...

looks dry where the rock is. hopefully that thing is busted up and rolled out and they pop her for november!! i'm feelin a dry nov and late TM sends : )

We're in luck, CalTrans updated and are hinting at re-opening sometime soon!