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idiotwind wrote:About how many miles is this trip? I assume I'll have to hitchhike back up to my car at Tuolumne Meadows...
Dave_Ayers wrote:idiotwind wrote:About how many miles is this trip? I assume I'll have to hitchhike back up to my car at Tuolumne Meadows...
If you go to the Yosemite Trailhead Information page at https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/trailheads.htm and scroll down, you will see a link for a PDF at the top of each section. If you click on those links they open up documents that give mileages for some of the popular destinations from each trailhead which can be very helpful for trip planning. For example, if you click on the Tuolumne Meadows document link and look at the Cathedral Lakes entries on page 2 you'll see YV is listed at 21.2 miles. This is the shortest distance. As AT said, the side trips to Half Dome, Cloud's Rest, etc., will be extra.
The YARTS website is at http://yarts.com/ . The Hiker's Bus site is at http://www.travelyosemite.com/things-to ... bus-tours/ .
idiotwind wrote:Thanks for the info, Dave! I'm giving up on the HD permit and going to try and plan a 4 day trip around clouds rest.
Phil wrote:idiotwind wrote:Thanks for the info, Dave! I'm giving up on the HD permit and going to try and plan a 4 day trip around clouds rest.
The hardest part is going to be getting your permit, be that via Cathedral Lakes or Sunrise. It's very likely that you won't be able to get a reservation and will have to wing it with a walk-up.
From Cathedral-
First night- Upper Cathedral Lake
Second night- either Sunrise Lakes or the north slope of Cloud's Rest itself. The latter gives you the opportunity to walk up, sans pack, and enjoy the sunset, and then the sunrise on day-3.
Third night- Preferably camp along Sunrise Creek at the JMT x Cloud's Rest Junction, or you can go to LYV (not preferable).
Fourth day- Out to the Valley at Happy Isles, then catch the YARTs shuttle at 5pm back to the car in Tuolumne. Go home or stay at the backpacker's camp up there.
Total Trip mileage: ~23 miles
Dave_Ayers wrote:I'm not sure if you mean (1) going down to Pate Valley and up the Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne or (2) going to Ten Lakes, Tuolumne Peak, May Lake and Mt Hoffman, Cloud's Rest, possibly Half Dome, and Cathedral Lakes. Both are fine trips. You can get a five more minutes for YARTS if you meet it at the TM Visitor Center vs. at the TM store. Plus it's over a mile shorter if you are hiking down from Cathedral Lakes making it easy to get there by 10:20 a.m. (if they have the same schedule as last year).
As far as crowds, if you are doing trip (2) May Lake is busy. One possible option is finding a camp spot near Raisin Lake instead. And of course Cathedral Lakes is busy. There are some lesser used camp sites on the south and west shores of the upper lake, especially for solos or small groups.
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