Washington Column is a roughly 1800-foot high rock formation, arising from
Yosemite Valley
Yosemite Valley ( ; ''Yosemite'', Miwok for "killer") is a U-shaped valley, glacial valley in Yosemite National Park in the western Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada mountains of Central California, United States. The valley is about long a ...
. It is east of the
Royal Arches, behind the
Ahwahnee Hotel
The Ahwahnee is a grand hotel in Yosemite National Park, California, on the floor of Yosemite Valley. It was built by the Yosemite Park and Curry Company and opened for business in 1927. The hotel is constructed of steel, stone, concrete, w ...
.
North Dome is above it. Washington Column can be viewed from many points in Yosemite Valley,
including the trail to
Mirror Lake.
Washington Column has numerous
rock climbing
Rock climbing is a climbing sports discipline that involves ascending climbing routes, routes consisting of natural rock in an outdoor environment, or on artificial resin climbing walls in a mostly indoor environment. Routes are documented in c ...
routes.
References
External links
Climbing on Washington ColumnMore on climbing Washington ColumnSummitpost on Washington Column
Rock formations of Yosemite National Park
Granite formations
Rock formations of California
Climbing areas of California
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