First Yosemite climb?

I'm going to take a road trip out to Yosemite this summer with a buddy of mine. I have no clue what to try out there or even what to expect. All my climbing experience is on the east coast. Mostly quartzite in western NC. Any body have suggestions for super easy routes(I've climbed on granite once and I'd like to take it easy in Yosemite) that can be done in a day round trip?

Get a guidebook and see what's within your ability.

Here's a popular guidebook with lots of good info:

supertopo.com/packs/yofreec…

Edit: Here are a few easier multi-pitch climbs to start on:

Munginella (5.6 3 pitches)

The Grack, Center (5.6 3 pitches)

After Six (5.7 5 or 6 pitches)

How about a little more personal info?
Can you climb 25 pitches in a day? Solo 5.7?
What's easy, 5.5 or 5.10.c? How are you with exposure. Like slabs? Sport, trad....etc?
DO a little research, there's this cool site called Mountain Project, with this thing called search. Try it.
:)

All fun, all very doable by even a fairly novice trad climber

1. After Six and After Seven
2. Nutcracker
3. The Grack
4. Craging at the Church Bowl - Bishop's Terrace
5. Snake Dike
6. Cathedral Peak
7. Tenaya Peak
8. Royal Arches
9. Super Slide
10. Central Pillar of Frenzy

In terms of grading I'd like to max out at 5.8. I have climbed granite once. Im hoping to get some really rad exposure of the valley. How is the pro on snakes dike?

The couple of hard moves on Snake Dike are well protected. The rest is wildly run-out. Honestly though, the runouts are no big deal - I am no hard-man, and I often cry like a baby when leading, but Snake Dike was just plain fun - and you get to top out on Half-Dome. Cool

I just looked at your tick list and will take it as representative of what you're climbing now.

For a FIRST climb, coming from Western NC (which is where I learned to climb), Bishop's Terrace is hard to beat. Easy approach and spectacular climbing without a lot of commitment.

After that, I'd spend a day at Five Open Books. Munginella, Commitment, and Caverns are all excellent.

Manure Pile Buttress is another great place for an intro to the Valley - Nutcracker, After Six... all excellent.

And, if it's summer, the SE buttress of Cathedral Peak is probably my favorite climb in the world. Start early, as it's crowded.

Nick Noonan wrote:In terms of grading I'd like to max out at 5.8. I have climbed granite once. Im hoping to get some really rad exposure of the valley. How is the pro on snakes dike?

I'm still trying to figure out how to use this app so my tick list is quite bare unfortunately :(

Also Matthes Crest - Type I fun

C Brooks wrote:Also Matthes Crest - Type I fun

Nick Noonan wrote:In terms of grading I'd like to max out at 5.8.

OK, here
If you click on advanced next to search bar, then next to location - california-Yosemite valley- then pick your criteria, you are there.
Expect the valley to be ridiculous crowded, lines on everything <5.10, and camping impossible.
And it is an amazing place.

What a great topic this would have been if this had been about the title..

Not to poopoo anything here as everyone has great input. What about suggesting some routes that aren't some of the most trafficked climbs in Northern California. Those ten listed probably get 90% plus of the traffic and represent 0.01% of the cool routes to be done. Again, not poopooing as they are good suggestions.

SRB25 wrote:Not to poopoo anything here as everyone has great input. What about suggesting some routes that aren't some of the most trafficked climbs in Northern California. Those ten listed probably get 90% plus of the traffic and represent 0.01% of the cool routes to be done. Again, not poopooing as they are good suggestions.

Muscrat wrote:Expect the valley to be ridiculous crowded, lines on everything <5.10, and camping impossible.

My original list of suggested climbs are better for the fall and spring. Since you are going in the summer, consider going to Tuolumne Meadow, which is still part of Yosemite National Park. The temperatures in TM will be much more pleasant in the summer than in Yosemite Valley. Of course, you'll want to drive through the Valley, too.

Scott O wrote: It's like Stone Mountain, but with better pro through the crux. Also more features on the runout section.

Nick Noonan wrote:I'm going to take a road trip out to Yosemite this summer with a buddy of mine. I have no clue what to try out there or even what to expect. All my climbing experience is on the east coast. Mostly quartzite in western NC. Any body have suggestions for super easy routes(I've climbed on granite once and I'd like to take it easy in Yosemite) that can be done in a day round trip?