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Fairview Dome is a prominent 
granite dome
Granite domes are domical hills composed of granite with bare rock exposed over most of the surface. Generally, domical features such as these are known as bornhardts. Bornhardts can form in any type of plutonic rock but are typically composed o ...
in Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park ( ) is an American national park in California, surrounded on the southeast by Sierra National Forest and on the northwest by Stanislaus National Forest. The park is managed by the National Park Service and covers an ...
, located north of Cathedral Peak and west of Tuolumne Meadows Tuolumne Meadows () is a gentle, dome-studded, sub-alpine meadow area along the Tuolumne River in the eastern section of Yosemite National Park in the United States. Its approximate location is . Its approximate elevation is . The term ''Tuolumne Me ...
. Near Fairview Dome is Marmot Dome
Marmot Dome is the one dome east of Fairview Dome
Fairview Dome is a prominent granite dome in Yosemite National Park, located north of Cathedral Peak (California), Cathedral Peak and west of Tuolumne Meadows. Near Fairview Dome is Marmot Dome, ...
, linked by an area called ''Razor Back''. Northwest is Hammer Dome
Hammer Dome, is a granite dome in the Tuolumne Meadows area of Yosemite National Park. Hammer Dome is a bit north, of Cathedral Creek, which has its source, near Cathedral Peak. Hammer Dome is loosely northwest of Fairview Dome, is north of both ...
.
John Muir
John Muir ( ; April 21, 1838December 24, 1914), also known as "John of the Mountains" and "Father of the National Parks", was an influential Scottish-American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher, botanist, zoologist, glaciologist ...
wrote of the peak:
The north face North face or Northface or The North Face may refer to:
* North face (Eiger), in the Bernese Alps in Switzerland
* North Face (Everest), in Himalaya, usually traversed ascending Everest from the north
* North face (Fairview Dome), a climbing route ...
route is popular with rock climbers and is listed in the classic guidebook ''Fifty Classic Climbs of North America
''Fifty Classic Climbs of North America'' is a climbing guidebook and history written by Steve Roper and Allen Steck. It is considered a classic piece of climbing literature, known to many climbers as simply "The Book", and has served as an inspi ...
''. Routes vary in difficulty up to possibly class 5.11.
References
Granite domes of Yosemite National Park Landforms of Tuolumne County, California Hills of California {{TuolumneCountyCA-geo-stub