California · Rock climbing · Yosemite National Park

Scorched Earth

Near the lower end of Southeast Face's 17 catalogued routes.

5.8
grade
Trad Gear
style

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One of 17 routes catalogued at Southeast Face, this climb sits near the lower end of the crag's 5.7–5.14c range.

Photo of the crag

Southeast Face — the crag this route is on
Southeast Face, California — this photo shows the crag, not this individual route.Photo: Koshy Koshy from Faridabad, Haryana, India, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

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