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  Steve Schneider on the Shield Headwall, El Cap.
 
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Yosemite's Best Big Wall Climbing Routes
Thirty years after the “Golden Age,” Yosemite Valley remains a mecca to big wall climbers. The reason is clear: there is no place on earth with the same combinations of size, rock quality, good weather and accessibility. In short, its damn hard to find a better large rocks to throw yourself at. The 54 climbs listed below are among the most classic in Yosemite.

Topos of all of Yosemite's best big wall climbs are available in our guidebook Yosemite Big Walls: SuperTopos.

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 Check out The Road to The Nose our guide to help you prepare for a big wall
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See current big wall anchor conditions at the ASCA web site.
Yosemite Big Wall: Obscurities— topos for 30 new and obscure aid lines

 
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Formation Route Name Review
Half Dome Regular Northwest Face
23
5.12 or 5.9 C1
Lost Arrow Spire Lost Arrow Spire Tip
2
5.12b or 5.7 C2
El Capitan Salathe Wall
35
5.13b or 5.9 C2
El Capitan The Nose
31
5.13c or 5.9 C2
El Capitan Zodiac
16
A2 5.7
El Capitan North America Wall
27
A2 5.8
El Capitan Muir Wall
33
A2 5.9
El Capitan Tangerine Trip
18
A2 5.8
Washington Column Mideast Crisis
13
A2 5.7
Ribbon Fall Wall Reason Beyond Insanity
12
A3+ 5.7
El Capitan Never Never Land
20
A3 5.7
El Capitan Aquarian Wall
20
A3 5.7
El Capitan Horse Chute
20
A3 5.7
El Capitan West Buttress
20
A3 5.9 or 5.13c
El Capitan Mescalito
26
A3 5.8
El Capitan The Shield
30
A3 5.8
El Capitan New Dawn
28
A3 5.8
El Capitan Pacific Ocean Wall
27
A3 5.9
El Capitan Magic Mushroom
31
A3 5.7
Half Dome Tis-sa-ack
22
A3 5.9
Leaning Tower Roulette
8
A3 5.6
El Capitan Son of Heart
29
A3+ 5.8
Leaning Tower Wet Denim Daydream
10
A3 5.6
El Capitan Dihedral Wall
26
A3 5.8
El Capitan Eagles Way
19
A3 5.8
El Capitan Excalibur
28
A3 5.8
El Capitan Flight of the Albatross
21
A3 5.8
El Capitan Wall of Early Morning Light
27
A3 5.8
Washington Column Re-animator
11
A3 5.8
Washington Column Ten Day's After
13
A3 5.8
El Capitan South Seas
24
A4 5.8
El Capitan Tribal Rite
29
A4 5.5
El Capitan Iron Hawk
26
A4 5.10
El Capitan Lost in America
16
A4 5.10
El Capitan Native Son
17
A4 5.9
El Capitan Zenyatta Mondatta
16
A4 5.7
El Capitan Aurora
16
A4 5.8
Half Dome Zenith
21
A4 5.8
El Capitan Sea of Dreams
27
A4 5.9
Leaning Tower Jesus Built My Hotrod
9
A4 5.7
El Capitan The Cosmos
24
A4 5.7
El Capitan Lunar Eclipse
18
A4 5.7
El Capitan Shortest Straw
16
A4 5.7
El Capitan Wyoming Sheep Ranch
23
A4 5.8
El Capitan Atlantic Ocean Wall
25
A4 5.9
El Capitan Reticent Wall
21
A5 5.7
Washington Column South Face
10
C1 5.8
Lost Arrow Spire Lost Arrow Spire Direct
16
C2 5.8
Ribbon Fall Wall Gold Wall
10
C2 5.9
Liberty Cap Southwest Face
11
C2 5.8
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