Here's the link to my trip review post. Thanks to everyone for the help! http://yosemitenews.info/forum/read.php?3,69076by NakedT - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I posted here early in July looking for advice, so I figured I would do a trip recap and let folks know how it went. My girlfriend and I drove up from the Bay Area to Yosemite on Sunday, July 28, planning to stay until Thursday August 1. We stopped by the main entrance wilderness station, figuring we would just go with whatever was available, within the basic guidelines people here had suggesby NakedT - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Thanks for the discussion everyone. I'm reading each and every one, even if I don't reply to each. We are pretty certain we will do some backpacking of some sort, but are definitely considering all of the concerns and route suggestions. We're pretty excited about it all, no matter what happens!by NakedT - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteplawrence The essential "classic" Yosemite sights can be seen and done in a single day. (Just ask any tour bus operator.) Then what? If someone wants to backpack in Yosemite on their first visit, why try to dissuade them? My only concern is if they're relatively new and inexperienced with backpacking itself. If that's the case, I would first recommend that they try car cby NakedT - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotettilley When you say "relatively" inexperienced, does that apply to hiking as well as backpacking, or just backpacking, and how inexperienced is "relatively"? And, when you were in the Boy Scouts, was it in a mountainous area of the 'east coast'? Trying to get a sense of what you mean by "strenuous" - thousands of feet vertical in a day as in some parts of the Sby NakedT - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Hi folks. I'm coming out to Yosemite for the first time at the end of July and I'm looking for itinerary suggestions. My girlfriend and I are relatively inexperienced (recently- I did lots of Boy Scout stuff in the day, but it's been 15 years) but pretty fit and athletic. I'm mostly looking for suggestions for good 2-night or 3-night backpacking trips. We would be hitting the trails on Juby NakedT - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion