I watched your vids of Nevada as well, never seen that much water coming off... The mist trail at 530 am is going to be fun.by ryanmj - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
looks like going around it wont be a problemby ryanmj - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Any predictions on what this campground will be like second week of July? covered in snow, temperature, mosquitoes?by ryanmj - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
dang. there goes my hopes for rafting in 2 weeksby ryanmj - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteszalkowski QuoteParis92 I would like to take a day hike to Cloud's Rest in August.... I could also start/finish along Tioga Pass Road via shuttle bus from Tuolumne. Do it via the easy (std. dayhike) route: take the Tuolumne shuttle to the Sunrise Lakes trailhead (W end of Tenaya Lake) and go from there. this would be my suggestion as well, ive done it from the valley floor it was kind ofby ryanmj - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
this dosnt help my backpacking plansby ryanmj - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotebill-e-g The Pate one is probably your most viable option. If you hit it right though you won't be able to get thru. Good luck (and yeah, the road prob. won't be open) where would you go if you had 4 nights in mid June? loop or leave a car and take a bus to startby ryanmj - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
swimming in the emerald pool is refreshing but not as nice as it is at the bottom of vernalby ryanmj - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotettilley Depends upon how much snow you're OK with (your first question mentioned an issue with that). We dont want to be sleeping in it or having to bring snow shoes, the less snow the better. We want to be able to swim and scramble/explore. Im going to start looking into hetch hetchy and possibly further south around kings canyon for back up plans. Im going to Yosemite in July and than agaby ryanmj - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotetomdisco Quoteryanmj We figured that there would be a lot of snow but didnt think of the possibility that the road would be closed. Were not from out of state but we are driving up from San Diego. We are thinking about possibly going to Zion or the Grand canyon but Yosemite is our first choice so we need to plan some alternative routes Were thinking up snow creek and down vernal or possiblyby ryanmj - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
We figured that there would be a lot of snow but didnt think of the possibility that the road would be closed. Were not from out of state but we are driving up from San Diego. We are thinking about possibly going to Zion or the Grand canyon but Yosemite is our first choice so we need to plan some alternative routes Were thinking up snow creek and down vernal or possibly up Chilnaulna falls towarby ryanmj - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Plans to go in August fell through so were going in the middle of June now. Were looking at 3 routes at the moment ... - toulumne meadows to pate valley to harden lake to white wolf - tenaya/may lake over tuolomne peak to ten lakes to white wolf - tuolumne meadows - lyell canyon to ireland lake to emeric lake over clouds rest and down the valley. Will the snow make it a problem for uby ryanmj - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Thanks for the info guys, we usually try to stay in the valley for 9 days but were going to try for 7 and head up top for 2-3. Back up plan is mammothby ryanmj - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
is it hard to get 1st come fist served sites? any day(s) of the week I would have a better chance of getting a site?by ryanmj - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion