This is a Comprehensive Guidebook to roped rock climbs in Tuolumne Meadows, consisting of formations reachable off Highway 120, between Crane Flat in the west and Lee Vining in the east.

592 full color pages
1,700+ routes over 170 formations
400+ new, never before published routes
Approach and descent information, GPS locations, parking directions, sun/shade times and maps for every formation or crag
Pitch-by pitch route descriptions, grades and safety ratings (runout, etc), gear beta and bolt counts, first ascensionists and history, as well as photos overlaid with route lines and/or topos, as appropriate
All paper used in the printing is FSC-certified, sustainably sourced from responsibly managed forests.

Tuolumne Meadows is the high country of Yosemite National Park in California. Blessed with some of the highest quality granite in the Sierra Nevada, the area boasts over a thousand rock climbing routes, thousands of boulder problems, sweeping granite peaks, and wide open vistas. Tuolumne, with its alpine locale, are generally only accessible during the summer months, roughly June through October.

The rest of the year, Tioga Pass Road, the main thoroughfare of the area, is closed due to snow. Constrained by the limited season, and shadowed by the fame of Yosemite Valley below it, fewer park visitors travel and climb in Tuolumne — but those of us who do, tend to fall head over heels for this place.

About the Authors:

Robin Hirsch has been working on an updated, comprehensive guidebook to the Tuolumne area since 2012. He’s been frequenting and climbing in Tuolumne since 2008, working in the park for first the concessionaire, then the National Park Service on many ecological restoration projects. On a walk through Tuolumne he can tell you about an obscure rock wall in the distance as well as the species and characteristics of the flora and fauna of whatever trail you’re on.

Thomas Bukowski joined the project in 2019. He’s been climbing in Tuolumne since 2013, and brings an invaluable background in print publishing and data management to the book, helping turn Robin’s hundreds of pages of notes and annotations into a cohesive, well-designed guidebook worthy of the majesty of this area. They started guiding for the Yosemite Mountaineering School in 2024.