Southern Yosemite Climbing Discussions
Southern Yosemite Categories => Fresno Dome Area => Topic started by: 5.6 on July 03, 2014, 10:34:35 am
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Hello - I'm considering climbing fresno dome tomorrow - wondering what the bugs/heat are like - anyone been up there lately? Thanks for any tips! Laura
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Welcome 5.6!
Not sure about the skeets, but NOAA.gov clickable map shows an area weather forecast for almost 6,500 ft elev:
Independence
Day (http://forecast.weather.gov/images/wtf/medium/skc.png)
Sunny
High: 85 °F
Saturday
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Sunny
High: 86 °F
Sunday
(http://forecast.weather.gov/images/wtf/medium/few.png) Sunny
High: 86 °F
There is some detail about breezes of at least 5 mph daily to gusts of 15mph nights, good for keeping the skeets away.
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How was it 5.6?
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I would like to know too 5.6.
At Gray camp (camping at Gray Eagle) breezes did not blow and the skeets were thirsty and many.Boo.Other areas were much better last weekend.
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Hey all - thanks for the tips. We ended up at wawona dome instead. Man, what a bush whack that was! Plenty of 5.6 to be had, but with an adventurous approach. One of my partners had a map from an old guidebook, a dotted line 'overland' trail. I'll watch out for those from now on ;) But good fun, we even found a waterfall / pool to dip in on the way down.
And the mosquitoes - were active in the shade, but disappeared as you got up to the rock / breeze. Not bad!
Laura
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Bush whack ??? I hope you found the trail on the way down.
What did you climb?
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We actually never found the trail on the way down (we did for some of the way up). The ridges were pretty easy to see to stay oriented, so that helped.
We had wanted to climb to the top, but ran out of gusto, so just did a couple presumably unnamed easy single pitches, what you see in the pictures. We'll have to get back up there again to get to the top!
Laura
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Sweet, tfpu!
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Thanks for posting Laura! Looks like all's well that ends well. That pool looks like a great reward. I wonder what those climbs are in the photos...
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Yah, Wawona has some B-Whackin for sure. No sqeeters at Fresno Dome. Creeks are dry and breeze keeps them at bay.
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Where did you start your hike to Wo Dome? Have you seen Eric's website for Wawona Dome?
Jeff
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Mike A. made it to Hawk Dome this last weekend per his Facebook. It is starting!
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Good to hear! Was just wondering about Fresno Dome. I guess just park it low down to walk to Hawk as the drive to the top is probably still snowy.
Ended up pretty windy most the weekend, so not bad for bugs and heat. Tried the road to Lost Eagle and gave up early because there was too much snow on the road way before the turnoff. Looks like someone attempted to bust through though. Wonder how they fared.
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Yes. Just passed FD camp ground, where we had Lunesta, there is a lefthand hairpin turn. Park there and follow trail. 15-20 approach uphill. Easy coming out.
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Mike A. , how is access to Wamello? Can you access Hawk Done from below?
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Hi all still snow on the roads up there, but can get to Chiquito Dome.
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Thanks for the update
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It was Paul's Bday on Saturday. We ran up to the valley and got on Bishop's Terrace. Such a fun route. We decided to move to a different area for a multi-pitch. As soon as we left the parking spot Paul said, "This is probably a bad idea." It was. We literally couldn't find another parking spot. The falls were beautiful.
We decided to bail from the valley and give Fresno Dome a try away from crowds. Snow still blocks the road to the main trail head but we made Fresno Dome Camp Ground and Hawk Dome trail easy. Hiked up and ran up South Pillar....Never gets old.
A stop at South Gate on the way back made for a great day. The fish tacos are on point.
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Happy birthday Paul! Sounds like a great time! Agreed, that is a favorite route.
We might have run into you in the Valley except we were were west at Manure Pile. To be able to walk right up to it with no one ahead on Nutcracker again, rare, but we did that last weekend and back in January. A great first climb after a long hiatus I was tuckered after. Beautiful in the Valley, but yes way crowded. We went to our campsite early to park it wanting to escape traffic! Was worth it having lucked out with the views from our campsite of Half Dome and Washington Column.
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Nutcracker is a great route
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Hi all snowed yesterday, drinking coffee looking out at Deadwood summit and Shuteye looks pretty white up there, snow level below 3000', so glad I climbed Sunday at Hawk Dome! I am sure by this weekend most of that snow will be gone! I am super psyched on the climbing season this year and go back up there this weekend, happy climbing Mike A.
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Hi. So nice to get out to Soyo again!
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Fire just reported at Speckerman Mountain which is 2.3 miles west of Fresno Dome and 1.4 miles west of Fresno Dome camp ground. Speckerman lies between 5S38 and 6S07 (Big Sandy turn by FD Camp Ground). Hope they get it taken care of quick. It will get smokey up there if it gets raging which will probably smoke out the Balls and possibly the northern parts of Shuteye.
Signal Peak has called in report of a smoke column on Rd 5S38 near Speckerman Mountain
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Sandy Webb scan/pushed as far as they can on 5S38 section 32. They can't see anything through the trees. Engines 313 and 314 and heading up on foot. Nothing seen yet.
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Sandy Webb scan/314, on top of Speckerman Ridgeline and seeing no smoke. Signal advised there is still smoke being seen but not as much as it was. 314 said personnel are walking up continuing to search. Signal said in reference to the granite face he located, it looks southwest from there.
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Sandy Webb scan/314 said hard to get to see through the canopy of trees. Signal tower said smoke is still coming up through the trees.
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Sandy Webb scan/Signal tower asking status. Fire fighter 314 said they located fire and on scene now. Confirmed he is the Meadow IC
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Sandy Webb scan/Fire fighter trainee advised low activity, in the middle of a burn scar. Cause is a single lightening strike to a tree.
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Sandy Webb scan/Meadows IC, units 313, 315 and ?3 will be committed for a few hours. All others cancel response
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That's not the one feeding smoke to Mammoth for the last couple days. Bummer its a new one.
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Paul and Victor went up and did South Pillar on Saturday. They were stopped by the large snow drift where the road bends right by the creek. They walked the road from there. Paul reported very little snow on top with a drift at the base near Whiskey Bill I believe. They had no problem walking to SP and running up it.
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Roger and I were at Hawk Dome last Sunday. Mosquitoes and Bumblebees.
Peregrines nesting on the West Face of Wamello......give them some peace.
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Nice way to say that Ger, about the birds and bees... Same time frame, we noticed lots of bumblebees too around Jackass. Skeeters weren’t bad yet, and that’s saying something since I’m their magnet. Glad to hear you guys got out there.