El Cap Picnic Area (Eagle Creek)
El Cap Picnic Area (Eagle Creek) is a climbing area in California with 1 route.
Photo: ogwen, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- 1 route
- 5.10d
- Trad
Is El Cap Picnic Area (Eagle Creek) open right now?
No closures listed
The National Park Service lists no closures for Yosemite National Park.
As of · Source: NPS · Yosemite National Park. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Best time to visit El Cap Picnic Area (Eagle Creek)
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, 2.2 mi away at 4,018 ft. The station sits about 900 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
El Cap Picnic Area (Eagle Creek) is a climbing area in Yosemite National Park, California, within the Yosemite Wilderness and managed by the National Park Service. Fall is the comfortable window: typical averages from a nearby weather station show October highs around 71°F with lows near 41°F, and May runs similar at about 70°F and 45°F. That station sits roughly 900 feet lower than the climbing area, so temperatures here run somewhat cooler. A fee is charged. Slab Happy Pinnacle and Loggerhead Buttress are within a quarter mile. Four Mile Trailhead is about 1.2 miles away, and Lower Pines Campground is about 3 miles off.
Routes (1)
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