Golden Bear Topo

[mungeclimber]

Is available here

http://www.stanford.edu/~clint/yos/goldenbear.pdf



or via from mtnyoung via pm...

small version...

[John]

Thanks Munge.

Am I wrong or is Bunnell only in print in the Spencer guide? Probably the Roper green guide too.

[mungeclimber]

Third Edition Secor is the only mention in a guidebook I found, besides Spencer. No mention in Roper or Reid.

Secor only lists The Golden Bear V 10b and NorthWest Face IV 5.9.

[John]

That explains the lines.

[mungeclimber]

As in crowds?  LOL

[Clint Cummins]

We plan to include Bunnell Point and Mt. Starr King in the updated version of Yosemite Climbs: Free Climbs,
since they are within the park boundary and in the Roper guide.

[John]

Welcome Clint.

Wawona too?

[mungeclimber]

We plan to include Bunnell Point and Mt. Starr King in the updated version of Yosemite Climbs: Free Climbs,
since they are within the park boundary and in the Roper guide.

admittedly I only checked the index under "B" in my Roper guide. Hopefully I'm not going blind.

[Clint Cummins]

You are correct that Bunnell Point didn't have climbs in Roper, but the valley where it is located was included.
(Sugarloaf Dome on p.187 of green Roper is right across the river from Bunnell Point.)

[NateD]

Clint,
Any known routes on Cascade Cliffs in the vicinity? I would think Sugarloaf would definitely hold a lot more routes by now, although maybe folks don't bother with the long approach.

[Clint Cummins]

John,

Wawona too?

Hmm, I had not thought carefully about Wawona before, but yes, I think it should also be included.
The distance is somewhat far from "the Valley", but it is in the park boundary and it's pretty far from the
rest of the Southern Yosemite areas also.

[Clint Cummins]

Nate,

Any known routes on Cascade Cliffs in the vicinity? I would think Sugarloaf would definitely hold a lot more routes by now, although maybe folks don't bother with the long approach.

I don't know of any routes on Cascade Cliffs.  Maybe time to do one!
My list has 2 routes on Moraine Dome (although they are aid climbs),
I count the FA and FFA on Sugarloaf Dome as 2 separate routes,
and the two on Bunnell Point.
I hope to get up to Bunnell Point this summer, to hopefully get a topo for the second route and locate them definitely on photos.
Plus figure out how to cross the river!  :-)

[mungeclimber]

Clint, are you guys including Hetch Hetchy? and High Country?  Or just Valley?

[John]

These are really interesting questions. The guide is going to be thick as a phonebook at this rate.

[Clint Cummins]

are you guys including Hetch Hetchy? and High Country?  Or just Valley?

Hetch Hetchy - no.  Given the access hassles and short season, I think it works better as a "no guidebook" area.

High Country - not sure what that is.
We are including:
Devil's Dance Floor, Fireplace Bluffs, Cloud's Rest, Mt. Broderick, Liberty Cap, Sugarloaf Dome, Bunnell Point, Mt. Starr King + 2 nearby domes.

Not including Mt. Clark

It's a fairly big project, but a couple of pages for Starr King and Wawona Dome won't sink it.   :-)
Eric Gabel and I have been making some good progress on it lately.  Still no estimate for completion date, though.
Should know better this summer.  At present I'm making overlays to check layout options, and will convert to topos later.
When we have some of those finalized, we should have an idea of how long the rest will take....