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YOSEMITE VALLEY · GRANITE

The Cookie Cliff weather & climbing conditions

Good — dry and climbable

Right now

Temp51°F
Wind5 mph
Gusts7 mph
Humidity66.9%
Rain 48hdry
Last rainNone recent

Assessment

No recent rain
Good friction temperature range for granite

7-day forecast

Scroll through each day — hourly detail is shown inline.

Today Saturday 10 October
Good
Temp32°F
Raindry
Wind5 mph
Gusts7 mph
Humidity67%
No recent rain
Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum
13:00 — dry — — null%
21:00 51° dry 5 — 66.9%
Sun Sunday 11 October
Good
Temp61°F
Rain0.00 in
Wind12 mph
Gusts—
Humidity47%
No recent rain
  • Good conditions for granite
Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum
06:00 47° dry 5 — 68.3%
07:00 47° dry 4 — 69.7%
08:00 52° dry 4 — 58.6%
09:00 59° dry 7 — 47.4%
10:00 61° dry 11 — 43.8%
11:00 61° dry 12 — 44.6%
12:00 60° dry 13 — 47.9%
13:00 60° 0.00 in 13 — 48.4%
14:00 60° dry 13 — 47.9%
15:00 59° dry 13 — 47.8%
16:00 58° dry 13 — 47.2%
17:00 56° dry 12 — 49.2%
18:00 52° dry 10 — 54.7%
19:00 48° dry 6 — 63.6%
20:00 46° dry 7 — 68.8%
21:00 45° dry 8 — 68.4%
Mon Monday 12 October
Good
Temp48°F
Rain0.00 in
Wind6 mph
Gusts—
Humidity62%
No recent rain
Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum
06:00 39° dry 3 — 88.9%
07:00 39° dry 2 — 88.8%
08:00 41° dry 3 — 82.6%
09:00 44° dry 4 — 77%
10:00 46° dry 4 — 67.7%
11:00 47° dry 4 — 62.5%
12:00 48° 0.00 in 6 — 60.7%
13:00 48° dry 7 — 60.4%
14:00 48° dry 7 — 61%
15:00 47° dry 7 — 60.8%
16:00 48° dry 6 — 58.5%
17:00 47° dry 5 — 58.9%
18:00 47° dry 4 — 59.7%
19:00 45° dry 3 — 65%
20:00 44° dry 3 — 66%
21:00 44° dry 2 — 68.4%
Tue Tuesday 13 October
Good
Temp54°F
Rain0.01 in
Wind5 mph
Gusts—
Humidity23%
No recent rain
  • Good conditions for granite
Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum
06:00 37° dry 6 — 83.5%
07:00 34° dry 7 — 87.8%
08:00 37° dry 6 — 69.3%
09:00 46° dry 5 — 40.4%
10:00 51° dry 5 — 25.9%
11:00 55° dry 5 — 20.2%
17:00 56° dry 6 — 42.6%
Wed Wednesday 14 October
Good
Temp63°F
Raindry
Wind5 mph
Gusts—
Humidity21%
No recent rain
  • Good conditions for granite
Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum
11:00 63° dry 5 — 20.7%
17:00 62° dry 4 — 29.4%
Thu Thursday 15 October
Good
Temp72°F
Raindry
Wind3 mph
Gusts—
Humidity15%
No recent rain
Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum
11:00 71° dry 3 — 14.5%
17:00 69° dry 4 — 22.5%
Fri Friday 16 October
Good
Temp70°F
Raindry
Wind6 mph
Gusts—
Humidity16%
No recent rain
Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum
11:00 70° dry 5 — 15.9%
17:00 66° dry 6 — 21.4%
Sat Saturday 17 October
Good
Temp70°F
Raindry
Wind5 mph
Gusts—
Humidity19%
No recent rain
Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum
11:00 69° dry 5 — 18.6%
17:00 67° dry 5 — 22.9%

About The Cookie Cliff

The Cookie Cliff is the definitive Yosemite crack-climbing venue — a compact south-facing wall in Lower Merced River Canyon about 0.5 miles downstream of Cascade Creek bridge, roughly 8km down-canyon from El Cap. The Cookie sits at only 1080m in the drier, sunnier lower canyon so it warms up much faster than the main valley — often climbable in late March when El Cap is still cold. Pull-out on Highway 140; short uphill walk.

Region
Yosemite Valley
Rock type
Granite
Aspect
south-facing
Altitude
3556 ft
Exposure
medium
Seepage
low

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