West Quarter Dome is a granodiorite dome, in the Tenaya Canyon area of Yosemite National Park. It is composed of Half Dome Granodiorite.[2]
| West Quarter Dome | |
|---|---|
 One of the Quarter Domes dusted in snow | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 8,160 ft (2,490 m) NAVD 88[1] |
| Prominence | 40 ft (12 m) |
| Coordinates | 37°45′28″N 119°30′39″W / 37.75778°N 119.51083°W[1] |
| Geography | |
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| Location | Yosemite National Park, Mariposa County, California, U.S. |
| Parent range | Ritter Range, Sierra Nevada |
There are two domes, West Quarter Dome and East Quarter Dome, and they are right next to each other.[3][4][5][6]
Ansel Adams took a photo, Glacial Erratic on East Quarter Dome Showing Half Dome in Background, on East Quarter Dome.[7]
On the locale, and rock climbing
editThe Quarter Domes are a bit up Tenaya Canyon, are across from Half Dome and Clouds Rest, thus are above Yosemite Valley, quite near to Little Yosemite Valley.[8][6]
The Quarter Domes offer rock climbing routes, though the approach is difficult.[9][10][11] One well-known route is The North Face, which Yvon Chouinard and Tom Frost first climbed in 1962.[12]
References
edit- ^ a b "West Quarter Dome, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
- ^ Putnam, Roger; Sloan, Erik. "Yosemite Bigwalls, The Complete Guide" (PDF). yosemitebigwall.com. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Koch, Philip. "North America, United States, California, Yosemite, West Quarter Dome, North Face". publications.americanalpineclub.org. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ "East Quarter Dome". peakery.com. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ "West Quarter Dome". peakery.com. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ a b "Full text of Yosemite nature notes". archive.org. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ "Yosemite Nature Notes". yosemite.ca.us. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ "Yosemite Photo Gallery, Quarter Domes". itoda.com. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ Wright, Bill (1995). "Quarter Dome is Full Adventure". bigwall.com. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ Blitzo (December 16, 2006). "Quarter Domes Climbing". mountainproject.com. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ Johnsen, Justin (June 20, 2018). "Tenaya Canyon Climbing". mountainproject.com. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ Twsincich (May 8, 2017). "North Face (Pegasus 5.12)". mountainproject.com/. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
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