Hello,
My g/f and I will be going to Yosemite for the first time this summer. We are fairly fit 40+ trail hikers, though we do not do any backpacking or backcountry camping. We have been looking at taking a long day hike, following the trail from the Porcupine Creek trailhead to North Dome, and then all the way down to the valley through Yosemite Falls. We would take the shuttle bus back to the trailhead.
Through a bit of research, we have not found a lot of people that have combined these two trails as a day hike. We feel that since we will be descending, we will be able to get it done in one day as long as we get started very early. Do you have any advice for us? Thanks in advance.
-lroadie from MN