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Yosemite Valley

The Word: Mindblowing.
Style of Climbs: Granite slabs, faces, cracks, aid routes and bouldering.
The Details: One place every climber must get to at least once in their lives. And don't visit just the Valley - Tuolumne Meadows is also great.

Access: Drive, from the W via Oakdale, from the S via Fresno, or from the E via Bishop.

I haven't spent all that long down in the Valley but it's definitely an incredible place. The bummer is that the cliffs, which are HUGE, are in fact dwarfed by the size of the crowds....uurgh. But a brief hike off the beaten track allows you to escape the hordes.

A view of The Valley from the Highway 41 Wawona tunnel view lookout. El Cap on the left, Half Dome at the back, and Bridalveil Falls hammering down.
Yosemite Valley

North Side
** Cookie Cliff (2 photos)
Knob Hill (4 photos)
The Owl (3 photos)
** Reed's Pinnacle (5 photos)
*** El Capitan (12 photos)
The Folly (3 photos)
** Five Open Books (6 photos)
* Yosemite Point (1 photo)
* Churchbowl (7 photos)
** Royal Arches (9 photos)
** Washington Column (3 photos)

South Side
*** Half Dome (9 photos)
** Glacier Point (4 photos)
** Chapel Wall (2 photos)
** Sentinel Rock (2 photos)
** The Cathedrals (6 photos)
Leaning Tower (2 photos)
** The Rostrum (6 photos)
* Elephant Rock (3 photos)
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And another version of the photo that every tourist to Yosemite must have taken. This time it's late summer and the waterfalls had finished.

Obvious photo, but I just had to put it here!

More Internet Sites on Yosemite

Supertopo.com An outstanding site with some excellent downloadable topos - both free and pay-for. Plus route databases and feedback forums to get beta for that big tick you're planning.

John Middendorf's Big Wall page.

TheCrag.com As always. Record your Yosemite ticks here, and see what everyone else is climbing.