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white wolf to tuolumne

PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 1:54 pm
by daleellenson
Does anyone know a good route to go from white wolf to tuolumne medows preferably through pate valley? Im looking to spend 3 days and need two spots to camp.

Re: white wolf to tuolumne

PostPosted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 10:12 pm
by AlmostThere
daleellenson wrote:Does anyone know a good route to go from white wolf to tuolumne medows preferably through pate valley? Im looking to spend 3 days and need two spots to camp.


There is one route - it's the trail. Highly recommended, if you are not a mountain goat or an otter.

We camped at Return and again at Morrison on the ridge just up from the creek crossing - I was back at the car at White Wolf the following morning at 10:30 am. If doing this in reverse, I would do the same only start mid-day, camp at Morrison, blow through Pate and up the canyon to Return, or even push a little further to Waterwheel and get one of the 2-3 sites there.

There are stretches of the trail - Muir Gorge for example - you won't be able to camp in. I wouldn't want to camp in the burnt section, or in Pate. Too many widowmakers where the fire burned through. Pate is prime skeeter habitat and we saw bear poop everywhere.

Re: white wolf to tuolumne

PostPosted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 10:56 pm
by AlmostThere
BTW, I hope you meant a backpacking route... Don't forget your wilderness permit and bear canister.