Northeast Face Guide

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Contributors

Thanks to the following people who have contributed to this crag guide:

Josh Worley Rod Smith Vanessa Wills David Jefferson Philip Armstrong @jkvawter William Carey Scott Godwin William Skea Jack Seawright

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1. Northeast Face 14 in Area
2. Index by grade

1. Northeast Face 14 routes in Area

Summary:

Seasonality

Rock climbing, Trad climbing and Alpine climbing

access issues

As of 27/06/22:

-"A reservation will be required to drive into or through Yosemite National Park from May 20 through September 30, 2022, for those driving into the park between 6 am and 4 pm." (note this may occur through a in-park camping or accomodation permit or wilderness/bigwall permit), a permit is NOT required if entering the park outside of these hours. (ref: https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/reservations.htm )

-"As of May 2021, a wilderness permit is required for all overnight big wall climbs. During this pilot, wilderness permits for climbers are free and there are no quotas or limits on the number of permits available." (ref: https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/climbingpermits.htm ). See previous link for details on picking up this permit.

inherited from Yosemite National Park

	Route	Grade	Style
1	Sacherer-Fredericks	5.10c	Unknown
2	★★ Kor-Beck Burly climbing up the right side of a major recess around the corner from the Central Pillar. Follow the third class terrain up the left until you reach the major recess. Easiest to rap on double ropes however a nest of fixed nuts halfway up the 1st pitch enables rapping on a single 70m rope.	5.9	Trad 610ft, 5
3	★ Space Babble	5.11a R	Unknown
4	★ Tour de Force	5.12b R	Unknown
5	★★★ Bircheff-Williams	5.11b	Trad
6	★★★ Central Pillar of Frenzy One of the best 5.9 routes in the Valley! This stunning route can be identified by the twin crack system of the second pitch just left of the bear bins. Amazing climbing. Most parties rap at the top of the 5th pitch using double ropes. A 70m rope will need to be extended to reach on the first rap (top of 5th pitch). FA: Jim Bridwell et al., 1973	5.9	Trad 550ft, 5
7	Chouinard-Pratt	5.11 V	Alpine
8	★ Rainbow Bridge	5.11d	Unknown
9	★★★ Stoner's Highway	5.10c	Unknown
10	★ Pulsing Pustules	5.11c	Unknown
11	Powell-Reed	5.10c	Unknown
12	★ Pieces of Eight	5.10c R	Unknown
13	★★ Paradise Lost	5.10a R	Trad
14	★★ Pee Pee Pillar	5.10a	Trad

2. Index by grade

Grade	Stars	Name	Style
5.9	★★★	Central Pillar of Frenzy	Trad 550ft, 5
	★★	Kor-Beck	Trad 610ft, 5
5.10a	★★	Pee Pee Pillar	Trad
5.10a R	★★	Paradise Lost	Trad
5.10c		Powell-Reed	Unknown
		Sacherer-Fredericks	Unknown
	★★★	Stoner's Highway	Unknown
5.10c R	★	Pieces of Eight	Unknown
5.11a R	★	Space Babble	Unknown
5.11b	★★★	Bircheff-Williams	Trad
5.11c	★	Pulsing Pustules	Unknown
5.11 V		Chouinard-Pratt	Alpine
5.11d	★	Rainbow Bridge	Unknown
5.12b R	★	Tour de Force	Unknown