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Yosemite Valley Free Climbs
Authors: McNamara, Barnes, Roper, Snyder
Routes:  230 (click to see the complete route list)
Difficulty: 5.4-5.12a
Pages: 209 pages
Edition: 1st Edition, April 2003

 


Yosemite Valley Free Climbs includes over 230 of the best routes in Yosemite Valley from 16-pitch trad climbs to one-pitch sport routes. While many hard Yosemite testpieces are included, this book focuses on topropes, crags, and multi-pitch climbs in the 5.4-5.9 range. Includes formerly obscure climbs to provide more options for avoiding crowds. As in all SuperTopo books, the authors personally climbed and documented each climb with meticulous care to create the most detailed and accurate topos ever published.

Features available in both Print Books and eBooks:  
Most accurate & detailed topos ever!
First ascent history by Steve Roper
Nearly every route personally climbed by the authors

Itineraries for getting the most of your trip
Detailed approach and descent beta
Strategy and retreat beta

 

      View the Table of Contents and Introduction (407K)

Reviewers and Yosemite Climbing Experts praise:
  Yosemite Valley Free Climbs is the definitive topo guide to the world’s greatest rock routes. Packed full of useful tips from climbers in the know and with clear and accurate topos, it is the free climber’s Rand McNally to the vertical world.”
- Duane Raleigh, Rock & Ice Magazine

  “SuperTopo offers a clear and concise format and sets the stage for your own adventure with history to each route.”
- Conrad Anker, World Renowned Climber and Mountaineer

  Yosemite Valley Free Climbs brings back the joy and opportunity for exploratory Valley climbing adventure like that which was enjoyed using Roper’s old red and green guides—namely, finding our way to the top of Yosemite’s great formations via the natural and classic lines of our pioneer predecessors.”
– Tom Frost, Yosemite Climbing Legend

  SuperTopo has done it again! Fabulous drawings and pictures keep you from hunting to find the climbs. Now you can be a ‘Valley Virgin’ and still get in a ton of climbing.”
– Hans Florine, World Speed Climbing record holder for El Capitan’s The Nose route

Check out a review of Yosemite Valley Free Climbs at Camp 4.

 

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Complete List of Included Climbs
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Route Name Formation Review
El Capitan - East Buttress 5.10b - Yosemite Valley, California USA. Click for details.
East Buttress
5.10b, El Capitan

East Buttress with top of The Nose on left.
Photo:Mark Kroese
El Capitan
11
5.10b
3 Star Rating
Middle Cathedral - East Buttress 5.10c or 5.9 A0 - Yosemite Valley, California USA. Click for details.
East Buttress
5.10c or 5.9 A0, Middle Cathedral

East Buttress is one of the 50 Classic Climbs of North America
Photo:Chris McNamara
Middle Cathedral
11
5.10c or 5.9 A0
5 Star Rating
Reed's Pinnacle - Ejesta 5.8 - Yosemite Valley, California USA. Click for details.
Ejesta
5.8, Reed's Pinnacle

The incredible Pitch 2 splitter is hidden.
Photo:Chris McNamara
Reed's Pinnacle
2
5.8
3 Star Rating
The Cookie Cliff - Elevator Shaft 5.8 R - Yosemite Valley, California USA. Click for details.
Elevator Shaft
5.8 R, The Cookie Cliff


Photo:Todd Snyder
The Cookie Cliff
1
5.8 R
2 Star Rating
Lower Cathedral Rock - End of the Line 5.10c - Yosemite Valley, California USA. Click for details.
End of the Line
5.10c, Lower Cathedral Rock


Photo:Chris McNamara
Lower Cathedral Rock
1
5.10c
4 Star Rating
Church Bowl - Energizer 5.11b - Yosemite Valley, California USA. Click for details.
Energizer
5.11b, Church Bowl

Church Bowl has on of the easiest approaches in the valley.
Photo:Chris McNamara
Church Bowl
1
5.11b
3 Star Rating
Arch Rock - English Breakfast Crack 5.10c - Yosemite Valley, California USA. Click for details.
English Breakfast Crack
5.10c, Arch Rock


Photo:Chris McNamara
Arch Rock
2
5.10c
5 Star Rating
Arch Rock - Entrance Exam 5.9 - Yosemite Valley, California USA. Click for details.
Entrance Exam
5.9, Arch Rock


Photo:Chris McNamara
Arch Rock
2
5.9
3 Star Rating
Manure Pile Buttress - Fecophilia 5.9 R - Yosemite Valley, California USA. Click for details.
Fecophilia
5.9 R, Manure Pile Buttress


Photo:Todd Snyder
Manure Pile Buttress
1
5.9 R
2 Star Rating
Five and Dime Cliff - Five and Dime 5.10d - Yosemite Valley, California USA. Click for details.
Five and Dime
5.10d, Five and Dime Cliff


Photo:Chris McNamara
Five and Dime Cliff
1
5.10d
5 Star Rating
Pat and Jack Pinnacle - G-Man 5.11b - Yosemite Valley, California USA. Click for details.
G-Man
5.11b, Pat and Jack Pinnacle


Photo:Chris McNamara
Pat and Jack Pinnacle
1
5.11b
1 Star Rating
Generator Station - Generator Crack 5.10c - Yosemite Valley, California USA. Click for details.
Generator Crack
5.10c, Generator Station


Photo:Chris McNamara
Generator Station
1
5.10c
4 Star Rating
Schultz's Ridge - Gidget Goes to Yosemite 5.9 - Yosemite Valley, California USA. Click for details.
Gidget Goes to Yosemite
5.9, Schultz's Ridge


Photo:Chris McNamara
Schultz's Ridge
1
5.9
4 Star Rating
Swan Slab - Goat for It 5.10a - Yosemite Valley, California USA. Click for details.
Goat for It
5.10a, Swan Slab

Mark Miller at the crux of Goat For It.
Photo:Chris McNamara
Swan Slab
1
5.10a
3 Star Rating
Pat and Jack Pinnacle - Golden Needles 5.8 - Yosemite Valley, California USA. Click for details.
Golden Needles
5.8, Pat and Jack Pinnacle


Photo:Chris McNamara
Pat and Jack Pinnacle
2
5.8
3 Star Rating
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