Ascents of Northwest Buttress

Awesome climb! Thought it would be a long day but it was fine to solo and simul climb for us and were car to car in 5 hours with some decent amount of faffing and pictures at the summit. Great views of the Sierra's, Half Dome, and Cathedral Peak.

Simil climbed

Simulclimbed in style

Its great to smash out 450m climbing over 14 pitches in just over an hour by free soloing it. I opted for the 5.6/5.7 steep crack finish to the last pitch to make it more exciting. Mostly this is low 5th class climbing with a very few moves at 5.4 and 5.5. I ended up ignoring the topo and making up my own harder pitches so I could do more climbing. An okay route, but too doddly to be a classic, and the unmarked descent from the top is terrible.

Fantastic. 1,000ft of fun easy climbing, a great half-day out in the high country with spectacular views

Epic climb. A wonderful introduction to Tuolumne Alpine. Also can serve as a great place to practice speed/efficiency techniques such as simul-climbing and block leading.

Geared up with a triple rack and managed it in three blocks. Owe my buddy one for letting me lead the whole thing.

Icy moves made this a sketchy simul climb in October. Ate up more of our day then planned so we had to bail on the Tenaya Triple and come off of Mathes Crest after the 2nd peak.

Solo ascent, probably the first route I did in tuolumne, many years ago.

Car to Car in 3 hours.

We ran up this route. We never even roped up. We were car to car in about 2 hours and 40 minutes. Very easy but bring shoes for the return.

Incredible views from the top. Did the 5.8 hand crack on final pitch. Its short and steep on extremely rough, weathered rock. Ledge descent is sketchy, steep, and grueling.

last pitch after sunset.