Everything about Tuolumne Meadows totally explained
Tuolumne Meadows is a gentle,
dome-studded meadowy section of the
Tuolumne River, in the eastern section of
Yosemite National Park. Its approximate location is . Its approximate elevation is 8619 feet (2627 m).
Tuolumne Meadows has a good view of the
Cathedral Range (in the background of the image, looking south),
Lembert Dome and
Mount Dana (to the north).
Camping is available at the Tuolumne Meadows
campground (reservations recommended). Excellent
hiking and
rock climbing are accessible from Tuolumne Meadows, which tends to be less crowded than
Yosemite Valley. The
John Muir Trail and the
Pacific Crest Trail run through Tuolumne Meadows. Downstream (flowing to the right (western) side of the image), the
Tuolumne River cascades over
Waterwheel Falls, near
Glen Aulin, eventually pooling at
Hetch Hetchy.
The mountains of the Sierra near the meadows have some
permanent snowfields: in the summer they're mostly free of snow. The roads to the meadows are generally free of snow from June through October. Due to the extreme elevation, road access is closed through winter season in the Meadows.
Many back country hiking and backpacking trail heads start in Tuolumne Meadows including the primary route to summit
Mount Lyell (California), the highest peak in
Yosemite National Park.
Rock climbing
In contrast to the big walls of Yosemite Valley, climbing at Tuolumne generally consists of short- to medium-length routes on eleven major domes and a number of minor ones, stretching from the
Stately Pleasure Dome above
Tenaya Lake to Lembert Dome on the east side of the Meadows. Since the area is all at a high elevation, the climbing season is mainly limited to June, July, and August.
The rock is
granite porphyrite, a very hard form of granite. It has a tendency for
exfoliation when exposed to the harsh Sierra winters, thus producing the distinctive dome shapes. The resulting climbing includes both face and crack routes, the former often runout due to limited numbers of bolts, and the latter frequently following very thin cracks. The local ethic is to limit the placement of bolts on new routes and to forbid the addition of bolts to existing routes, resulting in distances of 40 feet (12 m) or more between bolts.
The major domes include:
In addition, the peaks of the nearby
Cathedral Range, such as
Mount Conness and
Cathedral Peak, are traditionally considered part of the climbing area.
External maps
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