OK, factoring all the advice so far in, along with a lengthy session flying around in Google Earth, and assuming that the tarns are right next to the trail before one drops down into the S Fork Cathedral Creek valley (is that right?), I get this (per Garmin MapSource): 1 - White Wolf to Pate Valley 8.1 mi 2 - Pate Valley to Cathedral Creek 8.6 mi 3 - Cathedral Creek to Glen Aulin HSC 6by Royalist - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
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Quotechick-onCan you add a day or two and just do the entire loop? ... Start at White Wolf and zig all the way around Past Ten Lakes, etc. Dat bird will be da death o' me! If (and it's a very big "if" right now), we do the loop, how's this: Day 1: White Wolf to Pate Valley ~9.5 miles Day 2: Pate Valley to Cathedral Creek ~7 miles Day 3: Cathedral Creek to Glen Aulin HSC (andby Royalist - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteMomthe High Sierra Camps should stay I don't mind the HSCs - as you say, they allow people to get to places they might otherwise not be able to reach. I lump them in with the Half* Dome cables in that respect. The trouble is that they have to be supplied by mule trains, which beats the cr*p out of the trails. I'd like to see some of the worst-affected areas (especially LYV up to Merced, anby Royalist - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Thanks for the encouragement! A few more questions: Is YARTS the way to get from TM to WW? http://www.yarts.com/schedule/2012/2012-04-17%20HWY%20120%20Summer%202012.pdf Is it worth going down via Harden Lake at the expense of a little bit more distance? Assuming we take three nights to do it, any especially recommended camp spots? Any good side trips (especially off-piste) we shoulby Royalist - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteMomI'd also ban tour busses from the park. ... Noise ... pollution. And Harley Davidsons. When we are hiking up out of the valley or on the rim, we hear two things - grumbling diesel bus engines and blap-blap-blap motorcycle engines. But, hey, be happy - at least we don't get snowmobiles in the park. While we are banning things, much though I love them, mules and horses would be high upby Royalist - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteparkloverI would love to see that dam removed. Be careful what you wish for. I estimate it would take at least 100 years of careful management for HH valley to regenerate to anything like what it used to be if the water were removed. The first couple of decades would be pretty ugly. In particular, that bleached "bathtub ring" would take a very long time to blend in, and there wouby Royalist - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteBearproofCan anybody come up with any more Yosemite, or even Sierra, lakes that flow in two directions? I vaguelty remember a pool in the saddle between Steelhead and Wasco (20 Lakes Basin) that drains into both. It's pretty small, though - dunno if it counts as a "lake" as such.by Royalist - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
We are planning a 3 or 4 night trip next weekend. Given how little snow we had this winter, I am wondering whether the GCT from WW to TM is feasible. How bad do you think the creek crossings will be? Those logs across Paiute I see in various threads here are not the kind of thing my wife is up for (she will cross on a log if she must, but that log needs to be sturdy and barky, not skinny and smooby Royalist - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion