Re: How's the camping near Waterwheel Falls?

I am trying to decide if I should try to camp near Waterwheel Falls. I can make a day trip from Glen Aulin and back or stay over if there is a good spot to set up camp somewhere in the area. I plan to hike out to May Lake so I will be returning back through Glen Aulin. Is there someplace reasonably close considering that I will be returning back up stream?

It's been a long time but I believe there are some nice spots above Waterwheel.

If you care to go about another 0.9 miles downstream (0.6k elevation differential), there is an idyllic spot at Return Creek.

Thanks I will check into it.

The canyon down to Waterwheel ( can't say about beyond since I haven't been ) is a series of flat calm valleys followed by cataracts. There's at least two flat valleys between Glen Aulin and Waterwheel, one I think is right above it.

Make sure you actually go down to Waterwheel, a lot of people get to LeConte Fall and stop thinking its Waterwheel.

When I went to Glen Aulin last August my hiking partner went on to Waterwheel and I stayed at the High Sierra Camp. Later he told me that he had mistakenly not gone all the way to Waterwheel falls. I guess we can count him in that group.

Go down to Return Creek Bridge and you will have seen all da Fallz.

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