Lembert Dome Explained

Lembert Dome
Elevation Ft:9455
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence Ft:290
Range:Sierra Nevada
Location:Tuolumne County, California, U.S.
Map:USA California#USA
Coordinates:37.8819°N -119.3468°W
Coordinates Ref:[2]
Topo:USGS Tioga Pass
Type:Granite dome
Age:Cretaceous
Easiest Route:Hike,

Lembert Dome is a granite dome rock formation in Yosemite National Park in the US state of California. The dome soars 800feet above Tuolumne Meadows and the Tuolumne River and can be hiked starting at the Tioga Road in the heart of Tuolumne Meadows, 8miles west of the Tioga Pass Entrance to Yosemite National Park. The landform is an example of a rôche moutonnée[3] with clear lee and stoss slopes.

Lembert Dome was named for John Baptist Lembert, sometimes erroneously spelled Lambert, who took up a homestead in a section of Tuolumne Meadows in 1885.[2] [4] [5] The Wheeler Survey referred to it as Soda Springs Dome, and John Muir called it Glacier Rock.[6]

Lembert Dome is near Puppy Dome,[7] and is also close to Dog Dome.[8]

Rock climbers can scale the face from the parking lot just off the Tioga Road, but hikers can simply walk up the back side or take the challenging steeper trek up the face starting from just east of the parking lot. Many technical free climbing routes have been put up.[9]

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Notes and References

  1. 2604 . Lembert Dome, California . 2008-11-24.
  2. 254907 . Lembert Dome . 2008-11-24.
  3. Web site: Lembert Dome. Earth science picture of the day. 27 July 2017.
  4. Web site: Yosemite Nature Notes, September 1949 . Colby . William E. . 2013-09-24 .
  5. L . 55 . 2008-11-24 .
  6. Book: Browning, Peter . Place Names of the Sierra Nevada . . 1986 . Berkeley . 126 . 0899971199 . registration .
  7. Web site: Puppy Dome . mapcarta.com . Puppy Dome . 3 February 2019.
  8. Web site: mountainproject.com . Dog Dome Rock Climbing . July 3, 2012 . 27 February 2019 . Shore, Richard.
  9. 181–184.