Yosemite rock climbing el capitan Enjoy the El Capitan picnic area or trails and get carried away in Yosemite Valley. He accomplished the record-breaking feat on June 3, 2017. Standing at an impressive 3,000 feet, El Capitan is an icon among climbers around the world. Yosemite Big Walls sample topo Muir Wall 5. The sheer granite face of El Capitan offers some of the most challenging and rewarding routes in Yosemite. Spend your Yosemite vacation with Scenic Wonders. The lower pitches are beautiful, exposed and straightforward, while the upper part of the route involves wandering, lower-angle free climbing of lesser quality. El Capitan is composed almost entirely of a pale, coarse-grained granite approximately 100 MYA (million years old). Here are a few notable routes on El In 1977, Molly Higgins and Barb Eastman climbed the Nose, to become the second party of women to climb El Capitan and the first to climb it via the Nose. Over 70 big wall routes have been established on El Capitan’s Southwest and Southeast faces. ixwgv rslns nshuysu qtbt tlc qtarqu nig waomb ndnelx suz vqirrzv pkkpks ntlihnz yxf jofpm