# Pywiack Dome > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Pywiack_Dome > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Pywiack_Dome.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pywiack_Dome > Source revision: 1355954862 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Granite dome in Yosemite National Park, USA}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{cleanup images |date=May 2024}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Pywiack Dome | image = Pywiack Dome.jpg | image_caption = | elevation_ft = 8819 | elevation_ref = {{NAVD88}} | prominence_ft = 251 | prominence_ref = {{cite peakbagger |pid=38756 |name=Pywiack Dome, California |accessdate=2015-12-31}} | parent_peak = | map = USA California#USA | map_caption = Location of '''Pywiack Dome''' in [California](/source/California) | map_size = 200 | label_position = bottom | location = [Yosemite National Park](/source/Yosemite_National_Park), [Mariposa County, California](/source/Mariposa_County%2C_California), U.S. | range = [Sierra Nevada](/source/Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.)) | coordinates = {{coord|37|50|47|N|119|26|35|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis |id=1659441 |name=Pywiack Dome |accessdate=2015-12-31}} | topo = [USGS](/source/United_States_Geological_Survey) Tenaya Lake | first_ascent = | easiest_route = }} '''Pywiack Dome''' is a prominent 600 foot [granite dome](/source/granite_dome) in [Yosemite National Park](/source/Yosemite_National_Park), located {{convert|0.7|mi|km|1}} north-east of [Tenaya Lake](/source/Tenaya_Lake), {{convert|4|mi|km|1}} west of [Tuolumne Meadows](/source/Tuolumne_Meadows) and {{convert|200|ft|m|1}} from the [Tioga Road](/source/Tioga_Road).{{cite summitpost |id=152754 |name=Pywiack Dome |accessdate=2016-01-21}} It is quite near [Harlequin Dome](/source/Harlequin_Dome),{{cite web | url=https://www.mountainproject.com/area/105862960/phobosdeimos-cliff | title=Phobos/Deimos Cliff Rock Climbing | publisher=mountainproject.com | date=September 21, 2006 | accessdate=2 February 2019 | author=Janes, Josh}} and [North](/source/North_Whizz_Dome_(Tuolumne)) and [South Whizz Dome](/source/South_Whizz_Dome_(Tuolumne))s are north. [Josiah Whitney](/source/Josiah_Whitney) the head of [California Geological Survey](/source/California_Geological_Survey) wrote in 1863 about Pywiack Dome in ''Geology'': {{quote|At the head of Lake Tenaya is a very conspicuous conical knob of bare granite, about 800 feet high, the sides of which are everywhere finely polished and grooved by former glaciers.}} ==Climbing== thumb|left|Climber on ''Zee Tree''. The west face of the formation is popular with rock climbers and has several [multi-pitch](/source/Multi-pitch_climbing) [slab climbs](/source/Slab_climbing) easily visible from the [Tioga Road](/source/Tioga_Road).{{cite web|title=Tuolumne Meadows Rock Climbing|url=https://www.mountainproject.com/v/tuolumne-meadows/105833384|website=Mountain Project|accessdate=31 December 2015}} Earliest was ''Dike Route'' a 6 [pitch](/source/Pitch_(ascent%2Fdescent)) [YDS 5.9R](/source/Yosemite_Decimal_System) first climbed in August 1966 by Tom Gerughty, Roger Evje and Dave Meeks.{{cite book|last1=Barnes|first1=Greg|last2=McNamara|first2=Chris|last3=Roper|first3=Steve|author-link3=Steve Roper|title=Tuolumne Free Climbs|date=2009|publisher=SuperTopo|isbn=978-0976523574|edition=2nd|url=http://www.supertopo.com/packs/tuolfree.html|accessdate=31 December 2015}} Other popular climbs include Zee Tree (a 5 [pitch](/source/Pitch_(ascent%2Fdescent)) [YDS 5.7](/source/Yosemite_Decimal_System)){{cite web|title=Zee Tree|url=http://www.thecrag.com/climbing/united-states/yosemite-national-park/route/20758321|website=the Crag|accessdate=31 December 2015}} and Aqua Knobby (a 4 [pitch](/source/Pitch_(ascent%2Fdescent)) [YDS 5.9](/source/Yosemite_Decimal_System)){{cite web|title=Aqua Knobby|url=http://www.gearlooptopo.com/selectedTopo.html?area=tuolumne&topo=aquaKnobby|website=Gear Loop Topo|accessdate=31 December 2015}} ==Etymology== "Py-we-ack" in the native language means "glistening rocks", and the native people applied it to both the [Tenaya Creek](/source/Tenaya_Creek) and [Tenaya Lake](/source/Tenaya_Lake), due to the abundance of glacial polish in the upper Tenaya basin. In 1932 the name "Pywiack" has applied to [Pywiack Cascade](/source/Pywiack_Cascade). Pywiack Dome was known early by various names, including ''Murphy's Dome'', ''Teapot Dome'', ''Matthes Dome'', ''Ten-ieya Dome'', and ''Turtle Rock''. The name ''Pywiack Dome'' was recommended by [David Brower](/source/David_Brower) in the early 1950s, and first appeared on the 1956 15-minute [quadrangle](/source/Quadrangle_(geography)) map.{{Cite book | title = Yosemite Place Names: The Historic Background of Geographic Names in Yosemite National Park | last = Browning | first = Peter | year = 2005 | publisher = Great West Books | location = Lafayette, CA | isbn = 0-944220-19-3 | page = 119}} == Views == Tuolumne Meadows - Pywiack Dome summit looking SW - 5.jpg|South west panorama Tuolumne Meadows - Pywiack Dome sumit looking NE - 1.jpg|North east panorama ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{cci}} Category:Granite domes of Yosemite National Park Category:Mountains of Mariposa County, California Category:Hills of California {{Yosemite-stub}} {{MariposaCountyCA-geo-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Pywiack Dome](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pywiack_Dome) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pywiack_Dome?action=history)). 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