Popular Trips in Yosemite National Park
It's spring, and spring means waterfalls and flowers and green in Yosemite. What better way to spend a spring weekend than gawking at all of these things, especially on a backpacking trip?Hetch Hetchy is the fraternal twin of Yosemite Valley, drowned in the early 20th century to provide drinking water for the San Francisco Bay Area. As a result, it's much less visited than Yosemite Valley, and you can even go backpacking...
Wapama Falls, arguably the most powerful water falls in Yosemite, is located in Hetch Hetchy, the reservoir located right inside Yosemite National Park. You can see the falls miles away on the road down to the dam. To get to the falls, you will start from the dam, pass the tunnel and follow the shoreline trail on the north side of the reservoir to it. Along the shoreline trail, you will also encounter a...
This was a busy weekend in Yosemite and for the group I was tagging along with, this route was plan E or F. For me, who's never been on the rim, it was as good as a plan A.We left a car at Yosemite Creek campground and drove along Tioga Road to Porcupine Flat where we started hiking to Indian Rock first. Going to the Indian Rock summit involves a side trip...
Inspiration Point (and beyond) - Yosemite National Park
Foresta, California, United States
2.0 miles
2.0 miles
Inspiration Point, at the elevaton of 5,400 feet, provides great views on Yosemite Valley. In one shot, you can include the stunning view of El Capitan, Cloud's Rest, Quarter Dome, Half Dome, Sentinel Rock, Sentinel Dome, Cathedral Rocks, Catheral Spires, Bridalveil Fall and Leaning Tower all in the picture. The trailhead to Inspiration Point is located at the south parking lot of Tunnel View (Wawona Tunnel). It is a easy 1.2 miles hike, with moderate asscent, to get...
We left camp 4 at 5:15am and returned at 8pm. This was a tough approach. I think the crux of the climb was the 4th class accent to the base of the climb. The climbing was great fun with only a few 5.7 moves... most of the climb was very easy, but with several 60 to 100 foot run out sections, it was a hard enough. We spent about 6 hours on...
We left the car around 5:30 am and made it to the top before 10. The weather was great and the waterfalls were so full! We made it back down around 2, got a quick snack and then drove back to Stanford so we could take our finals the next morning.
Half Dome (8,836 ft.), a granite dome with its unique shape proudly stands at the eastern side of Yosemite Valley, is in every hiker's dream to summit it during their vistis to Yosemite Valley. Most hikers choose the day hike to get to the top by following an 8.5 miles trail from the valley floor. Few others choose to backpack the same trail and camp at either Little Yosemite Valley or Sunrise Creek camp sites for...
Following a suggestion from a gentleman at REI, we did the Panorama Trail in Yosemite. This is a great mostly downhill hike. You take a bus ride from the valley to Glacier Point. From there you start with a huge view of the valley. Taking the Panorama Trail we passed three falls including Illiloutte, Nevada and Vernal.Lucky for us it had rained a week or so prior and gave the falls...
Upper Yosemite Fall revisited - Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Village, California, United States
6.3 miles
6.3 miles
I've hiked the Upper Yosemite Fall trail a couple of times but this is the first time to do it in the early spring. As snow started to melt, Yosemite Fall was just roaring to welcome one of the best time to visit the valley. The top of the valley was still covered by deep snow which made this trip even more interesting. Jaime and I did the hike together and was able to arrive...
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