Drug Dome

Drug Dome sits in the Tuolumne Meadows area of Yosemite National Park, just west of Fairview Dome, rising to about 9,400 feet. It isn't a hiking destination — despite sitting close to the road, it's one of Tuolumne's more overlooked crags, and its steep north face is built for trad climbers, not casual walkers.

Not a Trailhead

There's no trailhead sign or parking lot here. Climbers pull off at a small dirt turnout on the south side of Tioga Road and follow a use-trail through the woods into a talus field, which gives the first unobstructed look at the north face. Expect loose rock and route-finding, not a groomed path.

Routes on the North Face

• Oz (5.10d, 5 pitches) — the dome's best-known and most-climbed trad line
• The Gram Traverse (5.10d, 3 pitches) — a companion route often climbed alongside Oz
• Acapulco Gold (5.12c, 5 pitches) and High Times (5.13b, 4 pitches) — harder, more committing lines
• Push It (5.11a) — a sport-climbing option on the same face

Before You Go

Yosemite closes designated nesting cliffs to climbing each year to protect peregrine falcons, typically from March into mid-July, though the specific walls and dates vary — check the park's current climbing closures before planning a trip. Tioga Road itself is also seasonal, generally closed by snow from fall through mid-to-late May, so this crag is really only reachable in summer and early fall.