California · Rock climbing · Yosemite National Park

South Buttress

Mid-range climb at Cathedral Range's Columbia Finger sector; alpine, no fixed anchors.

5.8
grade
Alpine No Fixed
style

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One of 17 routes catalogued at Cathedral Range, this climb sits in the middle of the crag's 5.4–5.11b span. An alpine line with no fixed protection recorded.

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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