Cascade Falls Guide

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Contributors

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

Ashlee Hendy Bernii Kole Martina Čufar Potard Carlo Denali Traversi William Carey Jacopo Larcher Liz Neudeck

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1. Cascade Falls 28 in Area
- 1.1. Left Side 19 in Area
- 1.2. Upper 4 in Area
- 1.3. Right Side 5 in Area
2. Index by grade

1. Cascade Falls 28 routes in Area

Summary:

Seasonality

Rock climbing and Trad climbing

Lat / Long: 37.722373, -119.713007

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

1.1. Left Side 19 routes in Area

Summary:: Mostly Rock climbing

	Route	Grade	Style
1	★ Law of Tools	5.11a	Unknown
2	★ Bolt Adventures	5.11a	Unknown
3	★★ Psychological Warfare	5.12c	Unknown
4	Flary Tales	5.10a	Unknown
5	Toxic Avenger	5.11c	Unknown
6	★ Maltese Falcon	5.11a	Unknown
7	Eraser Head	5.10d	Unknown
8	White Cloud	5.10d	Unknown
9	A Boy and his Knob	5.11c	Unknown
10	Filthy Rich	5.9	Unknown
11	Wicked Aretation	5.10d	Unknown
12	★★ Goldern Needles	5.8	Unknown
13	Scurv	5.9	Unknown
14	Opposite World	5.10	Unknown
15	★ Jug Monkey	5.9	Unknown
16	★ Mud Shark	5.8	Unknown
17	★★★ Fish Crack Solo up knobs and move right up an awkward OW corner. #3 or 4 Camelot useful. Step left to gain comfortable stance before blasting up perfect splitter fingers getting progressively more difficult until you pounce for the victory jug	5.12b	Trad 98ft
18	★★ Free Press	5.10a	Unknown
19	★★★ Crimson Cringe Louise Shepherd's impressive 1981 onsight was the first Aussie female ascent at this grade.	5.12b	Mixed trad 160ft, 1

1.2. Upper 4 routes in Area

Summary:: All Trad climbing

	Route	Grade	Style
1	★★★ The Phoenix FFA: Ray Jardine, 1977	5.13a	Trad 160ft
2	On the Spot	5.11b	Trad
3	Cascade Crack	5.10b	Trad
4	Meltdown A fingertips crack. Small bumps for feet, ultra-technical movement and finicky gear (the largest piece is a ¾” TCU). FA: Beth Rodden, 2008	5.14c	Trad 70ft

1.3. Right Side 5 routes in Area

Summary:: All Rock climbing

	Route	Grade	Style
1	False Verde	5.9	Unknown
2	The Gerbil Launcher	5.10d	Unknown
3	Notably Knobular	5.8	Unknown
4	Just Scraping By	5.8	Unknown
5	Solo Crack	5.9	Unknown

2. Index by grade

Grade	Stars	Name	Style	Area
5.8	★★	Goldern Needles	Unknown	1.1. Left Side
	★	Mud Shark	Unknown	1.1. Left Side
		Just Scraping By	Unknown	1.3. Right Side
		Notably Knobular	Unknown	1.3. Right Side
5.9		Filthy Rich	Unknown	1.1. Left Side
	★	Jug Monkey	Unknown	1.1. Left Side
		Scurv	Unknown	1.1. Left Side
		False Verde	Unknown	1.3. Right Side
		Solo Crack	Unknown	1.3. Right Side
5.10a		Flary Tales	Unknown	1.1. Left Side
	★★	Free Press	Unknown	1.1. Left Side
5.10b		Cascade Crack	Trad	1.2. Upper
5.10		Opposite World	Unknown	1.1. Left Side
5.10d		Eraser Head	Unknown	1.1. Left Side
		White Cloud	Unknown	1.1. Left Side
		Wicked Aretation	Unknown	1.1. Left Side
		The Gerbil Launcher	Unknown	1.3. Right Side
5.11a	★	Bolt Adventures	Unknown	1.1. Left Side
	★	Law of Tools	Unknown	1.1. Left Side
	★	Maltese Falcon	Unknown	1.1. Left Side
5.11b		On the Spot	Trad	1.2. Upper
5.11c		A Boy and his Knob	Unknown	1.1. Left Side
		Toxic Avenger	Unknown	1.1. Left Side
5.12b	★★★	Crimson Cringe	Mixed trad 160ft, 1	1.1. Left Side
	★★★	Fish Crack	Trad 98ft	1.1. Left Side
5.12c	★★	Psychological Warfare	Unknown	1.1. Left Side
5.13a	★★★	The Phoenix	Trad 160ft	1.2. Upper
5.14c		Meltdown	Trad 70ft	1.2. Upper