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Description
Get the most practical topos for your next multi-pitch climbing adventure
- All the information you will need for the approach, the climb, and the descent.
- Ultra-light and practical size (4"x6") making the topo easy to consult, especially while on lead.
- Available individually for the best multi-pitch routes.
Advantages over Traditional Guide Book
- Practical easy to carry size (6"x4")
- Ultralight and full color
- Strong and waterproof lamination
- Easy to consult on lead
- Sold individually
- Easy to keep route beta up to date
- Small cordelette included to attach the topo
to the gearloop of your harness
General Route Information
- Route name and grade
- Quality rating (1-5 stars)
- Route location
- Photo of the wall with lines of ascent indicated
- Typical sun exposure
- Useful gear and rope advice
- Icons indicating if the route is usually busy,
or easy or spicy for the grade
Approach Information
- Approach description
- Graphical map of the approach
- Average approach time
Climbing Information
- Detailed and accurate topo
- Pitch by pitch description
- Popular variations indicated
- Pitch length for each pitch
- Belay comfort for each belay
- Type of belay (gear/bolts/slings)
- Average time required for the climb
Descent Information
- Descent description
- Graphical map of the descent (if required)
- Average descent time
After Six 5.7 & After Seven 5.8 (Manure Pile Buttress)
With a super quick approach, 6 pitches of excellent moderate climbing on clean rock, After Six and After Seven are some of the easiest and most popular mid-length routes in Yosemite.
- can be busy
- 6 pitches
- approach: 5 min
- sun exposure: all day
Braille Book 5.8 (Higher Cathedral Rock)
- spicy for the grade
- 6 pitches
- approach: 1-1.5 h
- sun exposure: morning until noon
Central Pillar of Frenzy 5.9 (Middle Cathedral Rock)
- can be busy
- well protected or easy for the grade
- 5 pitches
- approach: 15 min
- sun exposure: morning sun, afternoon shade
East Buttress 5.10b (El Capitan)
The East Buttress of El Capitan features pitch after pitch of quality crack and face climbing. Although challenging, it is never too committing or physically demanding.
- can be busy
- well protected or easy for the grade
- 11 pitches
- approach: 40-45 min
- sun exposure: morning to afternoon
East Buttress 5.10c (5.9 A0) (Middle Cathedral Rock)
The East Buttress offers more than 10 pitches of moderate crack climbing up the center of Middle Cathedral Rock. The cruxes are short, there are no chimneys and the route offers many variations if you need to pass slower parties.
- well protected
- spicy for the grade
- 11 pitches
- approach: 30 min
- sun exposure: morning to mid-afternoon
Freeblast 5.11b (El Capitan)
Freeblast takes you up on a 1000’ classic multi-pitch journey to the top of Mammoth Ledges, offering quick elevation gain on some of the world's best rock. Freeblast offers superb exposure and a lot of variety in terms of climbing styles.
- can be busy
- well protected or easy for the grade
- 10 pitches
- approach: 10 min
- sun exposure: late morning to afternoon
Goodrich Pinnacle Right Side 5.9R (Goodrich Pinnacle)
An awesome route with a very short approach that ascends a long, clean face to the top of the pinnacle. It features fun slab climbing, polished crack systems, and even a long but easy chimney pitch to finish things off.
- spicy for the grade
- 7 pitches
- approach: 10 min
- sun exposure: morning to noon
The Moratorium 5.11b (Schultz's Ridge)
The Moratorium is a great little route that really packs a punch. It's a perfect introduction to Yosemite 5.11 multi-pitch climbing with short, isolated and very well protected cruxes.
- can be busy
- 4 pitches
- approach: 20-30 min
- sun exposure: morning sun, afternoon shade
Munginella 5.6 & Commitment 5.9 (Five Open Books)
Munginella is a very popular entry-level route that reaches the top of the Five Open Books Wall in three fun pitches. Commitment offers amazing splitter jamming, a few face sections, and it's a great route to practice your liebacking technique.
- can be busy
- well protected or easy for the grade
- 3 pitches
- approach: 15-20 min
- sun exposure: morning to afternoon
Northeast Buttress 5.9+ (Schultz's Ridge)
The Northeast Buttress is a memorable route characterized by steep, sustained, and physically demanding climbing that keeps building on difficulty. Expect sustained climbing, tons of jamming and several sections of burly offwidth.
- can be busy
- spicy for the grade
- 10 pitches
- approach: 1-1.5 h
- sun exposure: morning to afternoon
Nutcracker 5.8 (Manure Pile Buttress)
An excellent route on perfect Yosemite granite featuring interesting, continuous and varied climbing. It has great views of the Valley, a mellow approach and descent, clean cracks, good pro and a few mandatory and exciting face climbing sections.
- can be busy
- 5 pitches
- approach: 5 min
- sun exposure: morning to late afternoon
Reed's Pinnacle 5.9 (Reed's Pinncle Area)
A great little adventurous route that never feels too hard and will challenge you with many climbing techniques frequently required in Yosemite: stemming, liebacking, smearing, lots of finger and hand jams, and even a little bit of chimneying. Includes Regular Route 5.9, Direct Route 5.10a, Lunatic Fringe 5.10c, Stone Groove 5.10b and Bongs Away, Left 5.8
- 5 pitches
- approach: 5 min
- sun exposure: mid-morning to afternoon
Regular Route 5.9 (Higher Cathedral Spire)
The Regular Route on Higher Cathedral Spire is an entertaining and historical route that will take you to the top of a great spire. It has one of the coolest summits in all of Yosemite with spectacular views of the Valley and El Cap.
- spicy for the grade
- 5 pitches
- approach: 1-1.5 h
- sun exposure: late morning to afternoon
Regular Route 5.9 (5.7 A0) & South By Southwest 5.11a (Lower Cathedral Spire)
The approach required to reach the base of this amazing spire demands a little extra effort, but you will likely be rewarded by having the route, and the summit, with spectacular views of El Capitan and the Valley, to yourself.
- well protected or easy for the grade
- 6 pitches
- approach: 1-1.5 h
- sun exposure: morning to afternoon
Royal Arches 5.10a (5.7 A0) (Royal Arches Area)
Featuring over 1600 feet of climbing, Royal Arches is one of the all-time Yosemite classics. It is the easiest long route in the Yosemite Valley, and has lots of scrambling and 4th class mixed with some excellent sections of 5.5 to 5.7 cracks and slabs.
- can be busy
- well protected or easy for the grade
- 14 pitches
- approach: 5 min
- sun exposure: most of the day
Serenity Crack 5.10d & Sons of Yesterday 5.10a (Royal Arches Area)
The Serenity Crack/Sons of Yesterday link-up is one of the best 5.10 crack climb in Yosemite. Technically, they are two separate routes, but when climbed as a combo, they offer an unbeatable continuation of sustained crack climbing.
- can be busy
- well protected or easy for the grade
- 9 pitches
- approach: 5 min
- sun exposure: most of the day
Snake Dike 5.7R (Half Dome)
Snake Dike is one of the most classic long moderate routes in the world. This spectacular climb follows a series of cool, colorful dikes that provide a variety of knobs and face holds that are simply pure pleasure to climb on.
- can be busy
- spicy for the grade
- 8 pitches
- approach: 3-4 h
- sun exposure: most of the day
Steck Salathe 5.10b (Sentinel Rock)
Steck-Salathe is a sustained route featuring lots of physically demanding wide cracks. It offers more than 1500 feet of challenging cracks, making it one of the most strenuous "moderate" free climbs in Yosemite.
- spicy for the grade
- 16 pitches
- approach: 1-1.5 h
- sun exposure: little afternoon sun
Superslide 5.9 (Royal Arches Area)
Super Slide is a great 5 pitch route ascending a low angle chunk of slab just left of Serenity Crack. Because Super Slide only contains a single section of 5.9 climbing, it is a great choice for those wanting to break into the grade.
- well protected or easy for the grade
- 5 pitches
- approach: 10 min
- sun exposure: mid-morning to late afternoon