AlmostThere wrote:If you are within a mile of a HSC you are expected to camp in the designated backpacker camp area.
That's something I didn't know (and it doesn't seem to be mentioned on the wilderness regs on the nps.gov page?), so it would be good to hear other people's recommendations for good spots to camp either before or after each of the HSCs. I'll be doing the standard loop in late July (25-31) with my 17yr old son, and we're planning to avoid the backpackers campgrounds associated with the HSCs. Last summer we hiked from Tenaya to Happy Isles and we're planning to reuse a spot we found near the middle Sunrise Lake, but have no experience of hiking trails near any of the other camps. Anybody got some favorite spots they'd care to share?