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Routes on the Yosemite GearLoopTopos
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 This route is included on the After Six & After Seven GearLoopTopo
Manure Pile ButtressAfter Seven 5.8 
After Seven is a short but fun climb that is fairly sustained at the grade. It’s actually a variation of After Six featuring harder climbing. Thin finger and hand jams lead up to a tricky step right on polished rock, making for an exciting 5.8 crux
This route is included on the After Six & After Seven GearLoopTopo
Manure Pile ButtressAfter Six 5.6
With a super quick approach, 6 pitches of excellent moderate climbing on clean rock, After Six is one of the easiest and most popular mid-length routes in Yosemite.
Higher Cathedral RockBraille Book 5.8 
Braille Book is one of the best 5.8 multi-pitch routes in Yosemite. It has an “old school” feel to it, with sustained climbing, chimney sections and big exposure.
 6 pitches
 1-1.5 h
 Morning until noon
Middle Cathedral RockCentral Pillar of Frenzy 5.9 
The Central Pillar of Frenzy is crack climbing 101! If it’s your first time in Yosemite, this is a must-do route featuring five excellent pitches of sustained crack climbing and it’s one of the best and most popular climbs in Yosemite.
Includes: Pee Pee Pillar (5.10a)
5 pitches
15 min
Morning sun, afternoon shade
This route is included on the Munginella & Commitment GearLoopTopo
Five Open BooksCommitment 5.9
Commitment is a high-quality 5.9 route with nice moves and fun climbing. Commitment offers amazing splitter jamming, a few face sections, and it’s a great route if you need to practice your liebacking technique.
3 pitches
15-20 min
Morning to afternoon
El CapitanEast Buttress 5.10b
The East Buttress of El Capitan features pitch after pitch of quality crack and face climbing. Although challenging, it is never too committing or physically demanding.
11 pitches
40-45 min
Morning to afternoon
Middle Cathedral RockEast Buttress 5.10c (5.9 A0)
The East Buttress offers more than 10 pitches of moderate crack climbing up the center of Middle Cathedral Rock. The cruxes are short, there are no chimneys and the route offers many variations if you need to pass slower parties.
11 pitches
30 min
Mornig to mid-afternoon
El CapitanFreeblast 5.11b
Freeblast takes you up on a 1000’ classic multi-pitch journey to the top of Mammoth Ledges, offering quick elevation gain on some of the world’s best rock. Freeblast offers superb exposure and a lot of variety in terms of climbing styles.
10 pitches
10 min
Late morning to afternoon
Goodrich Pinnacle, Glacier Point ApronGoodrich Pinnacle Right Side 5.9R
An awesome route with a very short approach that ascends a long, clean face to the top of the pinnacle. It features fun slab climbing, polished crack systems, and even a long but easy chimney pitch to finish things off.
7 pitches
10 min
Morning to noon
Schultz's RidgeThe Moratorium 5.11b
The Moratorium is a great little route that really packs a punch. It’s a perfect introduction to Yosemite 5.11 multi-pitch climbing with short, isolated and very well protected cruxes.
4 pitches
20-30 min
Morning sun, afternoon shade
This route is included on the Munginella & Commitment GearLoopTopo
Five Open BooksMunginella 5.6
Munginella is a very popular entry-level route that reaches the top of the Five Open Books Wall in three fun pitches. Although it can be crowded, many belay options exist, and it is possible to pass other parties.
3 pitches
15-20 min
Morning to afternoon
Higher Cathedral RockNortheast Buttress 5.9+
The Northeast Buttress is a memorable route characterized by steep, sustained, and physically demanding climbing that keeps building on difficulty. Expect sustained climbing, tons of jamming and several sections of burly offwidth.
10 pitches
1-1.5 h
Morning to afternoon
Manure Pile ButtressNutcracker 5.8
An excellent route on perfect Yosemite granite featuring interesting, continuous and varied climbing. It has great views of the Valley, a mellow approach and descent, clean cracks, good pro and a few mandatory and exciting face climbing sections.
5 pitches
5 min
Morning to late afternoon
Reed's Pinncle AreaReed's Pinnacle 5.9
A great little adventurous route that never feels too hard and will challenge you with many climbing techniques frequently required in Yosemite: stemming, liebacking, smearing, lots of finger and hand jams, and even a little bit of chimneying.
Includes: Regular Route (5.9), Direct Route (5.10a), Lunatic Fringe (5.10c), Stone Groove (5.10b) and Bongs Away, Left (5.8)
5 pitches
5 min
Mid-morning to afternoon
Higher Cathedral SpireRegular Route 5.9
The Regular Route on Higher Cathedral Spire is an entertaining and historical route that will take you to the top of a great spire. It has one of the coolest summits in all of Yosemite with spectacular views of the Valley and El Cap.
5 pitches
1-1.5 h
Late morning to afternoon
This route is included on the Regular Route & South By Southwest GearLoopTopo
Lower Cathedral SpireRegular Route 5.9 (5.7 A0)
This famous historical route was first climbed in 1934 and consists mostly of low angle climbing and ledge traversing. The climbing is not very sustained, but the summit is great, with spectacular views of El Capitan and the Valley.
6 pitches
1-1.5 h
Morning to afternoon
Royal Arches AreaRoyal Arches 5.10a (5.7 A0)
Featuring over 1600 feet of climbing, Royal Arches is one of the all-time Yosemite classics. It is the easiest long route in the Yosemite Valley, and has lots of scrambling and 4th class mixed with some excellent sections of 5.5 to 5.7 cracks and slabs.
14 pitches
5 min
Most of the day
This route is included on the Serenity Crack & Sons of Yesterday GearLoopTopo
Royal Arches AreaSerenity Crack 5.10d
The Serenity Crack/Sons of Yesterday link-up is one of the best 5.10 crack climb in Yosemite. Serenity Crack starts with a hard to protect heavily pin-scared section, and finishes with a short 5.10d crux section on steep and sustained finger crack.
4 pitches
5 min
Most of the day
Half DomeSnake Dike 5.7R
Snake Dike is one of the most classic long moderate routes in the world. This spectacular climb follows a series of cool, colorful dikes that provide a variety of knobs and face holds that are simply pure pleasure to climb on.
8 pitches
3-4 h
Most of the day
This route is included on the Serenity Crack & Sons of Yesterday GearLoopTopo
Royal Arches AreaSons of Yesterday 5.10a
Sons of Yesterday is the logical continuation to Serenity Crack. It offers 6 more pitches of consistently beautiful, clean crack climbing. The flared crack on the crux pitch takes a variety of pro and demands a good blend of techniques.
5 pitches
5 min
Most of the day
This route is included on the Regular Route & South by Southwest GearLoopTopo
Lower Cathedral SpireSouth by Southwest 5.11a
South by Southwest is a great “out of the way” route that is perfect to break into the 5.11 grade. The approach to this amazing spire demands a little extra effort, but you will likely be rewarded by having the route, and the summit to yourself.
6 pitches
1-1.5 h
Morning to afternoon
Sentinel RockSteck Salathe 5.10b
Steck-Salathé is a sustained route featuring lots of physically demanding wide cracks. It offers more than 1500 feet of challenging cracks, making it one of the most strenuous “moderate” free climbs in Yosemite.
16 pitches
1-1.5 h
Little afternoon sun
Royal Arches AreaSuperslide 5.9
Super Slide is a great 5 pitch route ascending a low angle chunk of slab just left of Serenity Crack. Because Super Slide only contains a single section of 5.9 climbing, it is a great choice for those wanting to break into the grade.
5 pitches
10 min
Mid-morning to late afternoon
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