California · Mountaineering

Cathedral Range Traverse

Is Cathedral Range Traverse 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 Cathedral Range Traverse

Best months: June–September. 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.

  1. Jan

    41° / 13°

  2. Feb

    38° / 12°

  3. Mar

    42° / 15°

  4. Apr

    45° / 22°

  5. May

    54° / 27°

  6. Jun

    65° / 33°

  7. Jul

    71° / 38°

  8. Aug

    70° / 36°

  9. Sep

    65° / 32°

  10. Oct

    57° / 26°

  11. Nov

    47° / 20°

  12. Dec

    40° / 12°

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Tuolumne Meadows Rs, CA, 3.8 mi away at 8,694 ft. The station sits about 1,600 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.

Photo of the crag

Cathedral Range — the crag this route is on
Cathedral Range, California — this photo shows the crag, not this individual route.Photo: Doug Olson, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

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CockscombPhoto: Tom Hilton, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)

Cockscomb

~1 min drive

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Cathedral RangePhoto: Doug Olson, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

Cathedral Range

~2 min drive

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Cathedral PeakPhoto: dbaron, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)

Cathedral Peak

~4 min drive

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Upper Cathedral Lakes, South Shore Buttress

~4 min drive

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North ButtressPhoto: aerugino, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)

North Buttress

~5 min drive

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Campground Boulder 1

~5 min drive

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Fairview DomePhoto: Jonathan Fox from Carson City, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

Fairview Dome

~6 min drive

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West Face

~6 min drive

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Kitty Boulders

~6 min drive

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Razor BackPhoto: pom'., CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)

Razor Back

~6 min drive

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