QuoteQITNL The old trail from May Lake towards Tuolumne Peak is real fun and has great views; they put a lot of work into it back in the day. To find the connection: If you are hiking on the trail heading north from May Lake, you pass the lake, head through a level area and the main trail takes a turn to the right, contouring a ridge, your first nice wide open view. Right before that turn, thby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteplawrence I find it interesting that there are relatively few fire rings located in the western half of Yosemite National Park. Most seem to be located in the higher elevations, some quite close the to timberline. The other factor is that you only find fire rings where you actually look. And they are harder to see in the forested regions. But there are lots of trails, like the El Cap Trby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Drat. You beat me to it. I have that area planned for later this month, assuming that White Wolf opens in time for my reservation to work.... Great photos and map. Thanks. I love that sort of easy off-trail stuff. I'll have to do some poking around in there. Given that it's across the street from an old campground, we would have heard if there was anything astounding located there. Buby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteERICG Any updates on the missing person? I still can't understand where this guy went. In the photos, he doesn't look like someone who could even make it to the top of the falls let alone continue to hike away from the area. It's easy to disappear when the creek is this high. If you fall in, there is a good chance that you will end up under a boulder somewhere. There have been a number oby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
OK, I just watched it. It's hilarious to anyone who knows the trails of Yosemite. He starts off by "getting the rangers' permission" to hike towards the base of Lower Yosemite Falls. The nearby trail and bridge are not shown....he's trying to make it look like this is a wilderness trek. He then sets up on a big rock near the base, in the spray, and his camera is too wet to take anyby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteERICG Last night on The Weather Channel, Photographer Peter lik was in Yosemite shooting the local attractions. The guy is a Great Photographer but got a little dramatic in his quest to photogragh the lower Yosemite falls. It's a must see for all on this board. I think it is on again tonight @ 9:00 (06/24) on The Weather Channel. It's at 6pm, 9pm, and midnight Pacific Daylight Time. It'sby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotehotrod4x5How far from the Nevada toilet to the fork? I have never been past the toilets. Just over half a mile.by wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotehotrod4x5 Going on a week now, I'm afraid the outcome is very grim at this point. This is a good reminder to always keep other members of your hiking party in view. Sad. That's always good advice, but it might not have helped in this case. Separated hikers have usually wandered off the trail or taken the wrong fork. If you are at the top of the falls, and looking for the trail down, itby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Chick-on's map is a little busy. Here is another description. To get to Liberty Cap from the Valley, head up past Nevada Falls towards Little Yosemite Valley. As you pass Liberty Cap, you will see a ridge above the trail to your left. You want to get up there, but Chick-on's route is steep and brushy. Keep going until you see the trail fork just before Little Yosemite Valley. The right foby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotechick-on Ok. So I also assume it's not too bad to get to the top of Washington from Royal Arch. Spying it from all over... it looks very angled... but looking at things from far away can be very deceiving. As you know it doesn't take much to make it... Route was gonna be something like Indian Canyon->Royal Arch->Wash Col->North Dome->Basket->Snow Creek. Comment? (soby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotechick-on Very cool. I've looked up from that road many times now... and said it would be fun to zig up the slides and shrub and cliffs to towards the top o Ribbon. Looks do-able. I presume you've been to the top o Royal Arch Cascade? Was gonna go up Indian Canyon and then zig back down (yeah, a LONG way back down) to the top. With the water starting to subside and the valley becomby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Looks like a great trip! You did a lot of creek crossing. What was the worst side creek that you had to slog through? Long Meadow? Echo Fork? Or were there snow bridges wherever you needed them? I can't tell from the map if your Merced crossings were all on official bridges.... Also, was this a solo hike? I only see one cup and one bowl.by wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteDavidSenesac Where did the BOF road route beyond Fireplace Crick? Those FB cliffs? You can see it all at the acme mapper. (link) Swith back and forth between the topo view and the satellite view. There are numerous previous posts on this hike. Here is a thread with comments that go on for three pages: (link)by wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteLouis "My Grandfather's Clock Was too large for the shelf So it stood 90 years on the floor." Wow, I hadn't heard anything about that song in years. My understanding is that any current songs would make the bears come running at you, not go in the other direction. My dad loved that song. He would be 105 years old this month.by wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteplawrence Just a comment on the above 1911 map. In another thread there was recent discussion if there ever was a trail to Old Inspiration Point. This 1911 map clearly shows that there was indeed a short spur trail from the Pohono Trail to Old Inspiration Point. (And even in 1911, the point was already referred to as 'Old' Inspiration Point.) The view from Old Inspiration Point is not aby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteKC2669So, Fireplace Creek looked too high to cross? I'm really beginning to reconsider my North Rim trip for next weekend. Just sounds like there are limited options (initially wanted to start at Tamarack, but held Snow Creek or Yosemite Falls out as possibilities too) and all creek crossings are fast, furious, and high. I didn't try. The flooded part of the road was shallow, but aboutby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I have not gone beyond where we turned up the hill. The condition of the road to that point is very good. Much better than the Old Big Oak Flat Road or the Old Coulterville Road. There are no rock slides, just a couple of windfalls. Brush is no problem as far as the point where we left the road. I think that this is because it was a two lane road at the time it was abandoned, while the otherby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Here are some maps: map linkby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
This is another in my series on abandoned roads and off-trail hikes near Yosemite Valley. Some of you will recall my jaunt from the Badger Pass ski area, checking out access to the ridge above Turtle Dome and Inspiration Point. link: Christmas on Inspiration Ridge The goal was to find a bit easier hike than El Cap Ridge, and one which would go from Glacier Point Road to the parking lots at Tby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
This is part of my posts on abandoned roads and off-trail hikes near Yosemite Valley. It is a side trip from the Old Big Oak Flat Road hike. But that thread already has 77 posts, so I'll start a new one about the waterfall. See Old Big Oak Flat Road Thread We drove into the Valley on Saturday, when the snow melt was filling all the waterfalls. From the Half Dome View turnout near the Forby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
This note is to add to last year's series of posts about off-highway biking in Yosemite. In addition to this current thread, there were suggestions for four other rides to be found in these two threads: http://yosemitenews.info/forum/read.php?3,28251,28251#msg-28251 http://yosemitenews.info/forum/read.php?3,28270,28270#msg-28270 We were up in the park for four nights, starting last Saturdayby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotechick-on QuoteKristin Ah, right. When you get your permit ask "Can I camp at Inspiration Point?" and when they say no then just say "Well, then why are there always people with tents there when I go there?". I'll repeat. You CAN camp at Dewey. For that matter... you CAN camp at Crocker. I know this one too b/c when we got a winter permit the ranger sez "Dby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotehegel Has anybody else noticed that the weather forecast on the official park site always predicts temps at Yos. to be about 8 degrees lower than the weather channel site? who to trust in these turbulent times? Actually, I've found it to be the opposite. But before you get too worked up about it, see if you can figure out what weather station is being reported for the current conditions,by wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Many thanks for those great photos. I have found a buddy who will definitely do the route with me in low water....probably September. I think that the route finding will involve far fewer tough decisions when the creek is easy to cross. We'll have a rope, as well. I figure that to do it this time of year, without having been there before, is asking for trouble. Unless you are a crazy kayaby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteszalkowski Old Inspiration Point is within one air mile of the Wawona Road. Right. So we have an inconsistency. The guy who drew the arrows on that map used one trail mile, instead of one air mile. It's wrong. The regulations trump any map. On the other hand, like I said, do specify a legal campsite in your wilderness permit. The bridge over Bridalveil Creek is a good one. If youby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotemrcondron Quotewherever Somewhere there is a map showing what's allowed, but I can't find mine. Here is the page that has the link to the pdf of that map: http://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/trailheads.htm No, the one that I mean has all the camping-forbidden areas grayed out. So you can just point to your proposed camp sites. There is a copy under the glass counter top at somby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteplawrence So on the Pohono Trail, one must be at least four miles away from Glacier Point. That's clear enough. But at the other end of the Pohono Trail (Tunnel View Vista Point & Parkling Lot), is that considered to be within Yosemite Valley, or out of the Valley? It doesn't matter. Everything at that end is within an air mile of some road. Any road....it isn't only those in theby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotejacobgre I have never been to Yosemite before and I want to hike the Pohono trail, starting at Glacier Point. The idea is that we hike to a good spot, camp, and hike back to where we had parked. How far can we go from Glacier Point in one day? Also how does camping work exactly...? Where is a spot that we can do it? THank you! OK. Here's the deal. You need a wilderness permit. Youby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteAkichow I think some of the camps may open earlier. I had reservations for Glen Aulin and May Lake over July 4 weekend which they cancelled last week. At that point, they were not sure whether the opening would be delayed a week, few weeks, a month, etc.... they just knew that they would not be able to accommodate July 4. They also mentioned that Tuolumne Meadows probably would not be opby wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotejjolson58 I was perusing Chick-on's photos and saw a set where he and his significant other hiked up Indian Canyon from behind the store. I remember coming down this in 1972 and there was a decent trail and lo and behold, right at dark, a steel cable bridge dropping steeply down over a boulder field. One strand to step on and two to hold onto. My guess is that bridge isn't there anymore.by wherever - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion