Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
Check the schedule for Sierra Trek. Sometimes they boost flows ahead of the 10 days that they significantly reduce it for the event.
Also, that time of year Yosemite valley is jammed with traffic. Parking is also a nightmare in the valley.Get any hotel reservation that you are planning on anywhere near Yosemite NOW. Be sure you take the bucket shitter and WAG bags for the Rubicon. Maybe take a day off to simply kick back somewhere on the trial away from the dust and noise. Your post and pics here will be
I can also vouch for their lunches. The tacos there are amazing.
If they end up staying in Oakhurst they can stop at the Mariposa Grove of Sequoias just inside the park.
Yes, there are a couple other groves in the park as well, but nothing is as impressive as the Grant and Sherman trees in Kings and Sequoia. And the view from Moro rock is unparalleled. Dad worked for the park service, so I've been a few times.
Need waypoints
Looks like you‘re teleporting or missing a day for St. George>roswell
There are?
Those are great trails and so is the Dusy. IMO the Dusy is tougher/better than the Rubicon. Rooster Rock on the Swamp Lake trail is interesting.
The fire lookout is fun. Not to many places around with better views with as little effort it takes to run up there
I'm talking Bass Lake side of the hill, not shaver/huntington. Chepo Saddle specifically, but there are others. The only trails that will come up with a simple search are things like Iron and Star Lakes. Both are great if you're just looking to not spend a day in Yosemite but want good scenery and no crowds. But for actual wheeling theres a few things sub 20 minutes from the Oakhurst area and really close to Bass Lake. Search "Chepo" on the 559 Yotas group on fb for some pics and vids to get a sense of whats in that area.Those are great trails and so is the Dusy. IMO the Dusy is tougher/better than the Rubicon. Rooster Rock on the Swamp Lake trail is interesting.
Hmm, hadn't heard of the before, off to YouTube.
Wtf?
We'll be in Yosemite West Feb 18th to 21st I think. Probably do a dinner in Oakhurst if the roads open. If you're close by, Ill buy you a beer.
Any word on the SLT contact buddy? We’d want to store one hard top and 8 doors. We plotted the drive up to Reno from Vegas then dropping back down to the trailhead. Seems way too unrealistic. A SLT contact would be great since were staying in Stateline. Drop off the day before Rubicon and pickup after Rubicon or after our stay at the SLT ABNB.
Sounds great but don’t think we’d have time for it. Thanks for the suggestion
No go for us. Buddy’s wife may possible start work the week y’all are going, we’ve booked hotels and ABNBs, and putting in time off already. The logistics of a 2 week trip from
Be great to meet another Irate. Hope you can make it out.
How did you feel about hiking up hill for a really long time?? Mist trail to the back side of half dome, around to glacier point and back down whatever trail they is from there back to the valley was pretty good and the crowd really thinned out once you got higher.Anyone for Yosemite, if you had one full day at it, what would it look like if you’ve never been? el Capitan has always been on my list. Such a cool history.
Got 3 teenagers coming along that are super athletic but hate active exercise out of their routine stuff. I’m fairly conditioned. My group not so much.
You are talking about 4 Mile trail- goes from the floor up to Glacier Point. It’s a nice hike.
El Cap and the valley is the easiest because its visible from your windshield.... Entering via Oakhurst/41 takes you through tunnel view which puts you right inside every valley postcard/computer background you've seen. If you have one full day I'd say you gotta just choose if you wanna spend it mostly in car or on foot. The valley proper can be a total zoo but the second you start hiking you lose 80% of the people. I did the 4 mile trail on the 4th of July 2020 and 2021 and encountered less than 15 people throughout the day on one of the busiest days of the year. The 4 mile trail is a good idea to skip the crowds but it is a brutal hike if you're not ready for it. Good part is its scenic 100% of the time so go as far as you want and then turn around.Anyone for Yosemite, if you had one full day at it, what would it look like if you’ve never been? el Capitan has always been on my list. Such a cool history.
Very doable. I don't think traffic is as brutal as Yosemite summer traffic and the big trees are basically on the side of the road. General Sherman tree is maybe a 5 minute walk from parking lot/shuttle stop.
Might take you up on that if I am around. I spent almost every school break throughout middle and high school doing construction on homes in Yosemite West with my dad so theres a good chance I worked on whatever condo or house you're in
Is that what it's called? We had gotten up to glacier point and wanted to make our hike a loop rather than go back the way we came so we tried a different way down. Glacier point was closed to vehicles at the time due to snow, so we were the only ones up there and just sort of rolled the dice on way down without investigating where we were going too much.
Yeah, 4 mile trail is the one that goes up to glacier and then I believe it’s the panorama trail that goes down the other side and makes it a loop. Glacier point when there’s no cars is a treat because it’s normally so damn crowded up there.
