Pywiack Dome
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{{Infobox mountain
| name = Pywiack Dome
| photo = Pywiack Dome.jpg
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| 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
| map_size = 200
| label_position = bottom
| location = Yosemite National Park, Mariposa County, California, U.S.
| range = Sierra Nevada
| 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 Tenaya Lake
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Pywiack Dome is a prominent 600 foot granite dome in Yosemite National Park, located {{convert|0.7|mi|km|1}} north-east of Tenaya Lake, {{convert|4|mi|km|1}} west of Tuolumne Meadows and {{convert|200|ft|m|1}} from the Tioga Road.{{cite summitpost |id=152754 |name=Pywiack Dome |accessdate=2016-01-21}} It is quite near 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 and South Whizz Domes are north.
Josiah Whitney the head of 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
File:Pywiack Dome - Climbers on Zee Tree - 02.JPG
The west face of the formation is popular with rock climbers and has several multi-pitch slab climbs easily visible from the 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 YDS 5.9R 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 YDS 5.7){{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 YDS 5.9){{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 and Tenaya Lake, due to the abundance of glacial polish in the upper Tenaya basin. In 1932 the name "Pywiack" has applied to 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 in the early 1950s, and first appeared on the 1956 15-minute quadrangle 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
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External links
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Category:Granite domes of Yosemite National Park
Category:Mountains of Mariposa County, California
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