Medlicott Dome is a prominent

granite dome Granite domes are domical hills composed of granite with bare rock exposed over most of the surface. Generally, domical features such as these are known as bornhardts. Bornhardts can form in any type of plutonic rock but are typically composed ...

Yosemite Yosemite National Park ( ) is a national park of the United States in California. It is bordered on the southeast by Sierra National Forest and on the northwest by Stanislaus National Forest. The park is managed by the National Park Service ...

high country. It is located on the southeast side of

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, between

Mariolumne Dome Mariolumne Dome is a granite dome, in the Tuolumne Meadows region of Yosemite National Park. Naming ''Mariuolumne'' is a concatenation of the names '' Mariposa'' and '' Tuolumne''; the border between the two counties is near the base of Mariolu ...

and Dozier Dome, near

Pywiack Dome Pywiack Dome is a prominent 600 foot granite dome in Yosemite National Park, located north-east of Tenaya Lake, west of Tuolumne Meadows and from the Tioga Road. It is quite near Harlequin Dome, and North Whizz Dome (Tuolumne), North and South ...

, the Cathedral lakes,

Drug Dome Drug Dome is a granite dome in the Tuolumne Meadows area of Yosemite National Park. Drug Dome is just west of Fairview Dome. It is also near Mariolumne Dome, Lamb Dome and Medlicott Dome. Despite Drug Dome's close proximity to the road, it is ...

, East Cottage Dome, West Cottage Dome,

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and

South Whizz Dome South Whizz Dome is a granite dome in the Tuolumne Meadows area of Yosemite National Park. South Whizz Dome is a bit south, of Cathedral Creek, which has its source, near Cathedral Peak. South Whizz Dome Dome is north of both Medlicott Dome and ...

s, and

Fairview Dome Fairview Dome is a prominent granite dome in Yosemite National Park, located north of Cathedral Peak and west of Tuolumne Meadows. Near Fairview Dome is Marmot Dome, linked by an area called ''Razor Back''. Northwest is Hammer Dome. John Mui ...

. It is popular with climbers, hikers and backpackers due to relative ease of access and ascent, as well as scenic views of Yosemite.

Etymology

The dome was named after Henry P. Medlicott. In 1882, with H. B. Carpenter, Medlicott surveyed the Great Sierra Wagon Road (now known as

) through Yosemite. Henry P. Medlicott was a judge and US Deputy Mineral Surveyor from Lundy, California. The original name of the peak, recorded in 1870, was "Court House Rock." In 1882, a mining publication referred to it as "Mount Medlicott". The present name, first recorded in 1883, initially appeared on a quadrangle map in 1956.

Climbing

Medlicott Dome has a large number of climbing routes, most of which are bolted faces with occasional cracks and offwidths.

References

Granite domes of Yosemite National Park Landforms of Tuolumne County, California Hills of California {{TuolumneCountyCA-geo-stub