The Tioga Road passes the trail head for May Lake, then Olmstedt Point, Tenaya Lake, and the climbing venues on the Stately Pleasure Dome and Pywiack Dome.
May Lake, 2019.

Mount Hoffman, from the trail to May Lake

View southeast, from the trail to May Lake. Cathedral Peak (left) and Echo Peaks (right)

View from the trail to May Lake

Extreme telephoto view of Vogelsang Peak, from the trail to May Lake

May Lake and Mt. Hoffman

May Lake

May Lake

View of Half Dome, from a pull-out on the way to Olmstedt Point. X marks the spot where the Cable route to the summit begins. Figures can just barely be made out.

Red crossbills
Olmstedt Point.

Glacier-polished slabs

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Glacier-ground slabs

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Sierra juniper

Chipmunk

Lizard

Pine cones drip sap

Mob scene, Sept. 2019

Potholes

Pika

Sierra juniper

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Views to the west.

Clouds Rest Peak is seen on the left, the Quarter Domes in the center, and Half Dome on the right

Clouds Rest Peak is a bastion of granite. At its right extremity are the Quarter Domes

Clouds Rest Peak

Half Dome, with Mt. Watkins in the right foreground

Half Dome and cars, at Olmstedt Point
Views to the east.

A wide-angle view from the summit of a small dome that sits above Olmstedt Point. Tenaya Lake is to the right, with a snowy Mt. Conness in the distance. Immediately to the left of Tenaya Lake is a formation named “The Stately Pleasure Dome” (SPD), by climbers. And the small dome seen just beyond Tenaya Lake is Pywiack Dome.

Telephoto view of the SPD, with climbers seen near both the top and bottom of the photo. The open book facing the camera is a route known as the Great White Book.
Tenaya Lake and the Stately Pleasure Dome.

Tenaya Lake

Tenaya Lake

The Great White Book, on the SPD

Climbers on the Great White Book route

Climber free-soloing the Great White Book route. His left hand reaches into his chalk bag.

Another route on the SPD. Runners and carabiners connect his rope to protection pieces placed into the crack to his side.

Friction climbing on the SPD

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Pywiack Dome.

Sierra juniper

Friction climbing. The figure at the left is rappelling down.

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This route follows a system of dikes

Rappelling from the top of the slab

Tree in pothole

Granite slab, forest and cliffs

Curved overhang
Here is the link to the next post: https://believesteve.org/2020/01/02/yosemite-national-park-tuolomne-meadows/
Tuolomne Meadows, which is located just a few miles up the road.