Southeast Face
Southeast Face in California has 17 mixed and trad routes across 8 grades.
Photo: Koshy Koshy from Faridabad, Haryana, India, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- 17 routes
- 5.7 – 5.14c
- Trad · Mixed
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No closures listed
The National Park Service lists no closures for Yosemite National Park.
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Best time to visit Southeast Face
Best months: March–June and September–November. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
48° / 29°
9 wet
Feb
51° / 30°
9 wet
Mar
57° / 33°
10 wet
Apr
63° / 38°
8 wet
May
70° / 45°
6 wet
Jun
80° / 51°
3 wet
Jul
89° / 57°
1 wet
Aug
89° / 57°
1 wet
Sep
83° / 51°
2 wet
Oct
71° / 41°
3 wet
Nov
56° / 32°
6 wet
Dec
46° / 28°
8 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Yosemite Park Hq, CA, 2.8 mi away at 4,018 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Southeast Face is a climbing area in Yosemite National Park, California, within the Yosemite Wilderness. The National Park Service manages the land, and the area sits inside the park's wilderness boundaries. The climbing here is a mix of traditional and mixed routes, with 17 routes in total. Grades run from 5.7 up to 5.14c, and the Dawn Wall is the hardest of them. The Wall of Early Morning Light, first climbed by Warren Harding and Dean Caldwell in 1970, is a trad route at 5.9. New Dawn, a 5.8+ trad route, was first free climbed by Tommy Caldwell, Alex Honnold and Kevin Jorgeson in November 2019. The most comfortable months for a visit are typically May and September, when typical averages from a nearby weather station run from about 70°F to 83°F. July and August are the hottest, with highs near 89°F. The Southeast Base climbing area is about 0.1 mile away, and Moby Dick and Pterodactyl Terrace is about 0.2 mile away. The Rockslides hike is about 0.6 mile off, and Lower Pines Campground is about 3.8 miles away.
Routes (17)
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