PRINT: Rock Climb Magilla Gorilla, Yosemite National Park

Magilla Gorilla

5.11b, Sport, 70 ft (21 m),

Avg: 2.3 from 3 votes
FA: Bill Russell (1991)
California > Yosemite NP > Yosemite Valley > Lower Merced Ri… > Ax. Pulpit Rock > Northwest Face

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Description

This is a nice sport climb to the left of Gorilla Cookies. The crux is a bit of pumpy liebacks and underclings through the roofs and overhangs about 30ft up. Finish up and left across big knobs. A 2 bolt anchor/rap is above a small shelf on the arete.

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Bryan G
June Lake, CA

5.11b

There are also a couple new sport climbs to the left of Magilla Gorilla. The next one to the left starts up some knobs on a slab and then pulls over a roof before entering a nice right-facing corner. The crux is pulling the roof off of lieback crimps, followed by a desperate stem over into the corner. Probably 11d or something.

The one to the left of that looks even harder and we did not try it. Oct 5, 2012