Dike Route, Pywiack Dome 5.9R

   
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Tuolumne Meadows, California USA

  • Currently 4.0/5
Avg time to climb route: 2-3 hours
Approach time: 2-3 minutes
Descent time: 20-30 minutes
Number of pitches: 6
Height of route: 700'
Overview
The Bachar/Yerian is to 5.11 climbing what the Dike Route is to 5.9 climbing—classic and tremendously runout. Up until the crux, the route follows an amazing white dike that diagonals up the granite wall. At the crux, the climbing moves up small knobs, edges and smears. To think that this climb was first done without sticky rubber climbing shoes makes one wonder what mad climbs the pioneering Tuolumne climbers would have done had they been equipped with today’s modern gadgetry.
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  A total of (11) submissions of route beta on Dike Route
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Tuolumne Free Climbs
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Other guidebooks that include info on Dike Route
  • Rock Climbs of Tuolumne Meadows, by Don Reid and Chris Falkenstein.
Source: SuperTopo Guidebook Staff Last update: September 16, 2008
Pywiack Dome - Dike Route 5.9R - Tuolumne Meadows, California USA. Click to Enlarge
The Dike Route follows the runout line up the white dike on Pywiack Dome.
Photo: Chris McNamara
Other Routes on Pywiack Dome
Pywiack Dome - Zee Tree 5.7 - Tuolumne Meadows, California USA. Click for details.
Zee Tree, 5.7
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Pywiack Dome - Aqua Knobby 5.8R - Tuolumne Meadows, California USA. Click for details.
Aqua Knobby, 5.8R
Pywiack Dome
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Aqua Knobby follows the knobs and flakes up the water streak on the north side of Pywiack Dome.
Pywiack Dome - Needle and Spoon 5.10a R- - Tuolumne Meadows, California USA. Click for details.
Needle and Spoon, 5.10a R-
Pywiack Dome
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Needle Spoon is just left of the Dike route.
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