Our favorite topos


(Note: Most of these topos are way way out of date and should be used only for entertainment purposes or to see just how these routes played out back in the day)

The way we have set it up is so at the top of the page, you have some notes by the ascent party, followed by the actual topo of the route. The topo itself may or may not have additional pitch by pitch notes. But, remember, these topos were updated by somebody who might have been drinking, mourning a lost loved one, or just full of it in general. Always use more than one source for your route information, and since rock and fixed gear changes constantly, FISH Products makes no claims to the accuracy of any of these topos. For some really good topo info, go to www.SuperTopo.com, a superb site and guide book for all your big wall topo needs.

EL CAPITAN, Yosemite Valley

  • Lurking Fear VI, 5.10 A2 (FA: Dave Bircheff and Jim Pettigrew, 5/76)
  • the Nose VI, 5.10 A2 or whatever you want. (FA: Warren Harding, Wayne Merry, and George Whitmore, 11/58)
  • Mescalito VI, 5.9 A3+ (FA: Porter, Burton, Sutton, Chris Nelson 10/73)
  • MescaDawn VI, 5.9 A4 (FA: see Mescalito, then New Dawn Wall, Chouinard, Pratt, Hennick, Jones, and complete route was: Charlie Porter. Dawn Wall by Warren Harding and Dean Caldwell, 1970
  • North America Wall VI 5.9 A3 (FA: Chouinard, Frost, Pratt, Robbins 10/64)
  • Native Son VI, 5.9 A4+ (FA: Walt Shipley and Troy Johnson 8/87)
  • Tangerine Trip VI, 5.9 A2+ (FA: Charlie Porter and Jean-Paul de St. Croix,1973)
  • Zodiac VI, 5.11 A3 (FA: Charlie Porter, 11/72)
  • Born Under a Bad Sign VI, 5.10 A4+/A5 (FA: Bill Price and Tim Washick 1979)
    • Check out a Walt Shipley and Russ Walling Trip Report, with photos.
  • East Buttress IV 5.10b (FA: Allan Steck, Will Siri, Willi Unsoeld, Bill Long, 6/53
    FFA: Frank Sacher and Wally Reed 8/64)

WASHINGTON COLUMN, Yosemite Valley

  • South Face V 5.10 A1+ (FA: Layton Kor and Chris Fredericks, June 1964)

MIDDLE CATHEDRAL, Yosemite Valley

  • East Buttress, V 5.9 A0 or 5.10c (FA: Warren Harding, Jack Davis, Bob Swift 1954. FFA: Frank Sacherer and Ed Leeper, 1965. Right Variation, Yvon Chouinard, Mort Hemple, 1961)

LEANING TOWER, Yosemite Valley

  • West Face V 5.7 A2+ (FA: Warren Harding, with Glen Denny, Allen MacDonald, and minor efforts by Les Wilson, Chris Westphal, George Whitmore, October of 1961)

The EAST SIDE OF THE SIERRA

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