Sierra Club Roster Yosemite Labor Day Weekend 1933

Archive

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Yosemite Climbing Museum

Name/Title

Sierra Club Roster Yosemite Labor Day Weekend 1933

Entry/Object ID

2026.1.165

Scope and Content

This is a roster of the very first rope-climbing trip to Yosemite.

Context

This is a list of people who were the first group to rope-climb in Yosemite National Park. It was from the Sierra Club's San Francisco Bay Chapter. Over Labor Day Weekend in 1933, twenty-one climbers went to Yosemite. Seven of the climbers were female. During this trip, Lunch Ledge was climbed on Washington Column, becoming Yosemite's first rock climbing route.

Collection

Yosemite Climbing Museum Permanent Collection

Category

Notebooks, Correspondence
Albums

Acquisition

Accession

2026.1

Location

Location

Wall

Wall 01

Date

February 25, 2026

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

Caption in the museum is: "

Create Date

February 25, 2026

Update Date

August 10, 2026