Yosemite National Park Statistics

General area statistics

Area Name: Yosemite National Park
Number Routes: 2,765
Number Areas: 342
Number Activity Updates: 613
Number Ascents: 4,175
Areas With Description
Routes With Description: 39
Routes With Ascent Coverage: 805
Trad Routes: 56
Sport Routes: 4
Top Rope Routes: 30
Multipitch Routes: 38
Aid Routes: 247
Boulder Problems: 15
Alpine Routes: 38
Ice Routes
Average Height: 165
Route Grade Contributions: 3,307
Number Topos: 7
Number Routes With Topos: 23
Number Favorite Crags: 8
Number Shortcuts: 437
Number Distinct Route Ascents: 4,097
Trad Route Ascents: 108
Sport Route Ascents: 4
Multipitch Route Ascents: 82
Aid Route Ascents: 377
Boulder Route Ascents: 14
Alpine Route Ascents: 199
Ice Route Ascents
Number Ticks: 3,826
Number Hits: 248
Number Ghosts: 50
Number Pure Ascents: 1,022
Number Repeat Ascents: 18
Number Routes Repeated: 17
Number Quality Ratings: 2,402
Number Relative Difficulty Ratings: 50
Number Ascent Comments: 861
Number Photos: 41
Number Distinct Route Photos: 17
Number Contributing Publications: 12
Number Climbers Indicating Ascent: 434
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Ascent YDS Grade Profile
Ascent AU Grade Profile
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Month Ascent Profile
Hardest Tick Ascent: Direct Northwest Face {5.13d VI}
Hardest Clean Ascent: Thriller {V9}
Hardest Lead Ascent: Thriller {V9}
Hardest Onsight Ascent: Thriller {V9}
Hardest Flash Ascent: The Cookie Monster {5.12a}
Hardest Redpoint Ascent: Meltdown {5.12c}
Hardest Pinkpoint Ascent: Crack-a-Go-Go {5.11c}
Hardest Second Ascent: Roadside Attraction {5.12a}
Hardest Clean Second Ascent: Crack-a-Go-Go {5.11c}
Hardest Solo Ascent: Circuit Breaker {5.11b}
Hardest Top Rope Ascent: The Cookie Monster {5.12a}
Hardest Clean Top Rope Ascent: The Cookie Monster {5.12a}
Hardest Aid Ascent: Direct Northwest Face {5.13d VI}
Area Quality Score: 69
Area Difficulty Score: 44
Area Busyness Score: 13
Area Grade Accuracy Score
Hardest Routes: Direct Northwest Face {5.13d VI}; The Stigma (aka Renegade) {5.13d}; Behave {V9}; Thriller {V9}; The Regular North Face Route via The Excellent Adventure {5.13c}; El Nino {5.13c A0 VI}; Whipchord {5.13c}; Rising Sun {5.13c}; Van Belle O Drome {5.13c}; El Nino {5.13c}
Easiest Routes: North Couloir {Class 5}; Lyell-Maclure Saddle, East Ridge {Class 3}; East Ridge {Class 3}; Lyell-Maclure Saddle, Northeast Ridge {Class 4}; Lyell-Maclure Saddle, North Ridge {Class 4}; East Ridge (From Marie Lakes) {Class 4}; Juliette's Flake - Right Side {Class 4}; Southeast Arete {Class 4}; Bobcat Crack {5.1}; Monday Morning Slab, Right {5.1}
Busiest Routes: Royal Arches Route {5.10a}; Snake Dike {5.7}; Bishop's Terrace {5.8}; Nutcracker {5.8}; Central Pillar of Frenzy {5.10a V}; Church Bowl Lieback {5.8}; Serenity Crack {5.10d}; After Six {5.7}; Commitment {5.9}; Jamcrack Route {5.9}
Busiest Beginner Routes: Aunt Fanny's Pantry {5.4}; Northwest Buttress {5.5}; Regular Route {5.4}; The Cow, Center {5.5}; Monday Morning Slab, Left {5.2}; DO NOT USE - old - Cow, Center {5.5}; Sloppy Seconds {5.5}; Tribal Rite {5.5 A4}; Bishop's Balcony {5.5 A3}; The Footstool, Right {5.4}
Busiest Intermediate Routes: Royal Arches Route {5.10a}; Snake Dike {5.7}; Bishop's Terrace {5.8}; Nutcracker {5.8}; Central Pillar of Frenzy {5.10a V}; Church Bowl Lieback {5.8}; After Six {5.7}; Commitment {5.9}; Jamcrack Route {5.9}; Munginella {5.6}
Busiest Experienced Routes: Serenity Crack {5.10d}; East Buttress {5.10c}; East Buttress {5.10b}; Church Bowl Tree {5.10b}; Outer Limits {5.11a}; Bummer {5.10c}; Sherrie's Crack {5.10c}; Lazy Bum {5.10d}; Lunatic Fringe {5.10c}; Wheat Thin {5.10c}
Busiest Expert Routes: Regular Northwest Face {5.12b}; Lost Arrow Spire Tip {5.12b}; Lurking Fear {5.7 C2 VI}; Direct Northwest Face {5.13d VI}; Bombs Over Tokyo {5.12c}; Excalibur {5.13a A4 VI}; Freerider {5.12d VI}; Midnight Lightning {V8}; Cocaine Corner {V5}; El Nino {5.13c}
Busiest Top Rope Routes: Unnamed Thin Crack {5.10a}; Generator Crack {5.10c}; Unnamed Seam {5.10c}; Unnamed Face {5.7}; Conductor Crack {5.10d}; West Slabs {5.6}
Busiest Sport Routes: Mockery {5.8}; West of the Witch {5.8}
Busiest Trad Routes: Snake Dike {5.7}; Nutcracker {5.8}; Church Bowl Lieback {5.8}; Commitment {5.9}; Jamcrack Route {5.9}; Munginella {5.6}; Moby Dick, Center {5.10a}; East Buttress {5.10b}; Church Bowl Tree {5.10b}; West Crack {5.9}
Busiest Boulder Routes: Midnight Lightning {V8}; Cocaine Corner {V5}
Busiest Alpine Routes: Central Pillar of Frenzy {5.10a V}; Southeast Buttress {5.6 III}; Astroman {5.11c IV}; Direct North Buttress (aka DNB) {5.10b V}; Traverse from South to North {5.7 II}; West Face {5.11c V}; North Face {5.7 III}; Direct Northwest Face {5.13d VI}; West Ridge {5.6 III}; North Buttress Route {5.10a V}
Most Desirable Routes: Snake Dike {5.7}; The Nose {5.9 C2 VI}; Royal Arches Route {5.10a}; Zodiac {5.7 A2 VI}; The Shield {5.9 A3+ VI}; East Buttress {5.10b}; Direct North Buttress (aka DNB) {5.10b V}; Nutcracker {5.8}; Mescalito {5.9 A4 VI}; Tangerine Trip {5.9 A3+ VI}
Purist Routes: Nurdle {5.8}; Nutcracker (5.9 variation) {5.9}; Catchy {5.10d}; Little John, Right {5.8}; Wheat Thin {5.10c}; East Buttress {5.10b}; Pine Line {5.7}; Nutcracker {5.8}; Knob Job {5.10b}; West Country {5.7}
Highest Quality Routes: The Shield {5.9 A3+ VI}; Astroman {5.11c IV}; Regular Northwest Face {5.12b}; Salathe Wall {5.9 C2 VI}; Lost Arrow Spire Tip {5.12b}; Blues Riff {5.11c}; Triple Direct (Salathe/Muir/Nose) {5.9 A2 VI}; Zodiac {5.7 A2 VI}; Mr. Natural {5.10c}; Lunatic Fringe {5.10c}
Highest Quality Beginner Routes: Northwest Buttress {5.5}; Regular Route {5.4}; Aunt Fanny's Pantry {5.4}
Highest Quality Intermediate Routes: The Shield {5.9 A3+ VI}; Salathe Wall {5.9 C2 VI}; Triple Direct (Salathe/Muir/Nose) {5.9 A2 VI}; Zodiac {5.7 A2 VI}; Sons of Yesterday {5.10a}; North Face {5.7 III}; Mescalito {5.9 A4 VI}; The Nose {5.9 C2 VI}; Steck-Salathe {5.10a}; Traverse from South to North {5.7 II}
Highest Quality Experienced Routes: Astroman {5.11c IV}; Blues Riff {5.11c}; Mr. Natural {5.10c}; Lunatic Fringe {5.10c}; Regular Route {5.10b}; Serenity Crack {5.10d}; Skinheads {5.10d}; Outer Limits {5.11a}; The Regular North Face Route {5.11c}; Butterballs {5.11c}
Highest Quality Expert Routes: Regular Northwest Face {5.12b}; Lost Arrow Spire Tip {5.12b}; Lurking Fear {5.7 C2 VI}
Highest Quality Top Rope Routes: Generator Crack {5.10c}; Unnamed Seam {5.10c}; Unnamed Thin Crack {5.10a}; Unnamed Face {5.7}; West Slabs {5.6}
Highest Quality Sport Routes: Mockery {5.8}
Highest Quality Trad Routes: Outer Limits {5.11a}; Reed's Direct {5.9}; Snake Dike {5.7}; Sacherer Cracker {5.10a}; East Buttress {5.10b}; Salathe Base {5.10c}; West Crack {5.9}; West Face {5.11c V}; Nutcracker {5.8}; Crack-a-Go-Go {5.11c}
Highest Quality Alpine Routes: Astroman {5.11c IV}; North Face {5.7 III}; Traverse from South to North {5.7 II}; West Face {5.11c V}; Southeast Buttress {5.6 III}; Central Pillar of Frenzy {5.10a V}; West Ridge {5.6 III}; Direct North Buttress (aka DNB) {5.10b V}; North Buttress Route {5.10a V}
Hightest Quality Minor Areas: Southwest Face; The Cookie Cliff; El Capitan; Reed's Pinnacle Area; Cathedral Rocks; Middle Cathedral Rock; Glacier Point; Glacier Point Apron; North Lower Merced Canyon; Southwest Base Area
Hightest Quality Major Areas: Yosemite Valley; Yosemite National Park; Tuolumne Meadows
Hardest Minor Areas: Pywiack, Southeast Face; Roadside Attraction Area; Taft Point; North Face; The Arena; Knobby Wall; West Face; North Face; Pillsbury Dome; Lower Tier
Hardest Major Areas: Tioga Pass; The Cookie Cliff; Medlicott Dome; Sentinel Rock Area; Tutleback Dome; South Lower Merced Canyon; Medlicott Area; Twin Bridges; North Lower Merced Canyon; Middle Cathedral Rock
Easiest Minor Areas: Southern Yosemite Peaks; Mt. Conness Area; The Bunny Slopes; Marmot Dome; Mt. Conness; Knob Hill; Roadrunner Rock; North Face; West Farthing Wall; Swan Slab
Easiest Major Areas: Lembert Dome; Lembert Area; Lower Yosemite Falls; Yosemite Falls; Glacier Point Apron; Mariuolumne Area; Glacier Point; Stately Pleasure Dome; Fairview Area; Reed's Pinnacle Area
Busiest Minor Areas: Serenity Crack Area; Church Bowl; Swan Slab; Manure Pile Buttress; West Face Left; Southwest Base Area; Sunnyside Bench; The Royal Arches; Eagle Creek Area; Knob Hill
Busiest Major Areas: Lower Yosemite Falls; North Lower Merced Canyon; Yosemite Falls; Yosemite Valley; Polly Dome; Yosemite National Park; Glacier Point Apron; Glacier Point; El Capitan; Cathedral Rocks
Highest Quality Crags: Yosemite National Park
Busiest Crags: Yosemite National Park
Classic Crags: Yosemite National Park
Grade Icons: 5.6 - Southeast Buttress; 5.7 - Snake Dike; 5.8 - Nutcracker; 5.9 - The Nose; 5.10a - Royal Arches Route; 5.10b - East Buttress; 5.10c - East Buttress; 5.10d - Serenity Crack; 5.11a - Outer Limits; 5.11c - Astroman; 5.12b - Regular Northwest Face

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