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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
Lake Oswego, Oregon
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Topic Author's Original Post - Apr 6, 2008 - 04:26pm PT
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What is the name of this formation? Where is it?
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cleo
Social climber
Berkeley, CA
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somewhere in king's canyon?
edit: oh, wait, you didn't say leaving yosemite, you just said leaving the valley.
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cleo
Social climber
Berkeley, CA
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i'm not very good at this..
Fairview Dome.
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JOEY.F
Social climber
sebastopol
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Me either, but,
Lembert maybe?
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enjoimx
Trad climber
santa maria, ca
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Mt. Broderick?
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Count Chocula
climber
Choclovania
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moraine dome, from the trail to merced lake in LYV
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JOEY.F
Social climber
sebastopol
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I think the count got it...Merced River pool clue....
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
Lake Oswego, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 6, 2008 - 05:53pm PT
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The good Count named it! It is Moraine Dome up the Merced River Canyon past Nevada Fall. Anyone have route info? I can spot at least half a dozen nice looking independent lines on this thing.
Hey Mr. Chocula, if you would like one of the coveted vintage postcards just drop me an e-mail.
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Mtnmun
Trad climber
Top of the Mountain Mun
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My daughter, Ciarra, (Sierra) wore out the seat of her britches when she was 10 sliding into that pool. Good post.
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NinjaChimp
climber
someplace in-between
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I believe how often Lembert Dome is suggested in some of these games. I mean, this thing looks nothing like Lembert Dome and neither do any of the others. Just kinda funny is all.
-Justin
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Looks like Sugarloaf Dome to me. It's farther up past Little Yosemite. There are at least two routes on the face. Salathe's original route had quite a bit of direct aid. Chouinard and Frost did a free variation straight up from the big ledge halfway up.
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
Lake Oswego, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 7, 2008 - 12:21am PT
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I know this as Moraine, but I always wondered about Sugarloaf... are they one and the same?
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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They are near but not the same. If you look on the 7.5 minute series Merced Peak Quadrangle, Moraine Dome (elev. 8005) is about a half-mile west, and very slightly north, of Sugarloaf Dome (shown as peak 7683). If you're hiking up from Little Yosemite, Sugarloaf Dome is at the very head of the canyon. You hike right underneath it as you head toward Lost Valley and Merced Lake. I've been that way several times, but never with climbing gear, which is too bad. The route looks inviting and the information is sufficiently scarce to keep the route adventurous.
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Nate D
climber
San Francisco
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Cool picture of Sugarloaf Dome, earlier referred to as Helmet Dome (but I forget the old book in which I found that tidbit).
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
Lake Oswego, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 7, 2008 - 04:46pm PT
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Here is an 1872 picture taken by Eadweard Muybridge that labels it as Helmet Dome. Cool photo!
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