Hello everyone,
I'm planning to do a six day/five night packing trip through Yosemite in the late summer/early fall, and I was hoping to get some advice. I've never been to Yosemite, but I've been reading up on it a bit and studying some maps. I would greatly appreciate it if anyone would be so kind as to shoot me some pointers including: good trail for this length of trip, sections of the park I shouldn't miss, possible rock climbing routes along the trail, precautions to take (weather and animal), best time of year for the trails (temp, weather, foliage, etc.), best lookouts or ridge trails, skill level of sections, etc.
I'm trying to research the park independently, but with the amount of information out there, it is rather overwhelming. I've been on several packing trips of this length and don't mind some heavy elevation gain (~3000-4000 ft. per day), and I can usually put down 10-15 miles of tracks per day, but might want to do a little less if I have a lot of gear, or find a nice granite face to climb.
Thanks in advance for any information you can provide, if I happen to see you on the trail I'll share some of my whiskey with you.
MB