Favorite Bivys in Northern California

What are your favorite routes to bivy on, whether on a ledge or at the top of the climb? I'm looking for a trad and/or alpine long multi-pitch with the opportunity to bivy on it. Going as a group of three and looking for something ideally 5.9 or under for this labor day weekend. What are routes you've been on anywhere as north as Tahoe area, and as south as Alabama hills/ mt Whitney area?

Two of us spent a beautiful night on Fairview dome crescent ledge August 17.  A bivy there turns a fairly intimidating route into a low stess outing.  No lines at 3pm.  No fear of a surprise afternoon Tstorm since you can evaluate.  No 5.9 pitches on day 2.  
Hauled dinner, breakfast and water and sleeping bags through lower pitches.  Carried the largly empty packs for the upper easier pitches.
The ledge will be less comfy for the 3rd person but id think it would work fine.

My parents house. 

I've always thought a bivy on top of Higher Cathedral Spire would be bitchin.

The Bestest bivy there ever was used to be located in Keene NY

One of the best parts about bivying in Hobo Greg’s van is that there are never any lines.

bill m wrote: Two of us spent a beautiful night on Fairview dome crescent ledge August 17.  A bivy there turns a fairly intimidating route into a low stess outing.  No lines at 3pm.  No fear of a surprise afternoon Tstorm since you can evaluate.  No 5.9 pitches on day 2.  
Hauled dinner, breakfast and water and sleeping bags through lower pitches.  Carried the largly empty packs for the upper easier pitches.
The ledge will be less comfy for the 3rd person but id think it would work fine.

Thank you for this! I did this exact thing over labor day weekend. We started late enough that we didn't wait at any belay and no one was behind us and topped out in the morning with every other party at least 4 pitches behind!

bill m wrote: Two of us spent a beautiful night on Fairview dome crescent ledge August 17.  A bivy there turns a fairly intimidating route into a low stess outing.  No lines at 3pm.  

Alternatively, just go climb it at 3pm... In the summer it gets dark around 8pm.  It's like 5 pitches of climbing and then fourth class. If you bivied up there I hope you carried your literal shit out. 

Harrison Steins wrote:

Thank you for this! I did this exact thing over labor day weekend. We started late enough that we didn't wait at any belay and no one was behind us and topped out in the morning with every other party at least 4 pitches behind!

So glad to hear it.

mpech wrote:

Alternatively, just go climb it at 3pm... In the summer it gets dark around 8pm.  It's like 5 pitches of climbing and then fourth class. If you bivied up there I hope you carried your literal shit out. 

Yes, a faster party can go faster.   But the question was about bivys on routes 5.9 and below.

We left no solid waste on the climb.   

bill m wrote:

Yes, a faster party can go faster.   But the question was about bivys on routes 5.9 and below.

We left no solid waste on the climb.   

Good to hear.... 

Calaveras dome

12 o’clock ledge-September 1st  great way to practice hauling just for a night and exactly the type of climb we were looking to climb quickly and wake up on. All climbing past the ledge was easy and made for a fast top out in the morning