Rock Climbing Lessons/Guided Climbs - Yosemite National Park

Rock Climbing
Yosemite is one of the world's greatest climbing areas. Climbers here can enjoy an endless variety of challenges--from the sustained crack climbs of the Merced River Canyon to pinching crystals on sun-drenched Tuolumne Meadows domes to multi-day aid climbs on the big walls of the Valley. Yosemite is not just a climber's playground, however: its walls and crags are an integral part of a larger ecosystem, protected as Wilderness, which was set aside for people to enjoy in a natural state for generations to come.

Yosemite Rock Climbing
The Yosemite Mountaineering School and Guide Service has been a tradition in Yosemite rock climbing since 1969.  Our guides can take you where you want to go, from learning your first knots, in our beginner Go Climb A Rock classes, to multi-day ascents of El Capitan for the more experienced.  As the only guide service permitted to operate within Yosemite National Park, we know Yosemite better than anyone, and love sharing our knowledge and skills with you.Many of our Yosemite climbing guides are AMGA certified, and have decades of climbing experience in the park.  All of our guides also hold Wilderness First Responder or Wilderness EMT certifications.

Rock Climbing at Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park is perhaps the world’s greatest rock climbing arena with its stellar crack climbs and huge big walls. The climbing heart of Yosemite is, of course, the famed Yosemite Valley, but in summer the big ditch is often just too hot for comfortable vertical adventures as well as too crowded with elbow-to-elbow tourists. It’s then that climbers head to the park’s high country to find a break from the crowds and stifling heat with the cool air and the spectacular scenic beauty of 8,600-foot-high Tuolumne Meadows, the highest sub-alpine meadowland in California’s Sierra Nevada.

Tuolumne Offers Face and Crack Climbing
The rock climbing at Tuolumne Meadows is justly famous. If you love face climbing in a pristine sub-alpine setting, then Tuolumne is the place for you.Cultural Diversity & Rock Art Tour in Namibia Most of the climbing at the Meadows is on granite domes and cliffs with slabby faces studded with knobs, crystals, sharp fingernail edges, and gritty smear holds

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Some domes have glistening areas of glacier polish, glass-smooth faces rubbed smooth by ancient glaciers. Glacial polish tends to be tricky to climb, with an emphasis on delicate footwork. Many excellent climbs ascend the black water streaks that crease Tuolumne’s domes.