Hiking Yosemite National Park

by Swedo, Suzanne

• ISBN13: 9781560447269
• ISBN10: 1560447265
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-04-01
• Publisher: FalconGuides

Summary

This fully revised and updated guide to hiking in Yosemite National Park will help readers choose and plan a day hike or backpacking trip best suited to their time, energy, experience, and personal preferences. There are fifty-nine classic day hikes and overnight backpacking trips meticulously prepared by backcountry guide Suzanne Swedo.

Table of Contents

Dedication	vi
Acknowledgments	vii
Overview Map	viii
Legend	ix
Introduction	1	(1)
How to Use This Guide	1	(1)
Life in Yosemite	2	(2)
Geology	4	(1)
History	5	(1)
Zero Impact	6	(2)
Wilderness Permits	8	(1)
Bears	9	(1)
A Few Words of Caution	10	(3)
Trail Finder Table	13	(3)
Author's Favorites	16	(1)
THE HIKES
The Valley Floor	17	(25)
East Valley Floor	19	(3)
West Valley Floor	22	(4)
Glacier Point via the Four Mile Trail	26	(2)
Happy Isles to the Top of Nevada Fall	28	(4)
Mirror Lake-Tenaya Canyon Loop	32	(3)
Yosemite Falls	35	(3)
Half Dome	38	(4)
The South Rim of Yosemite Valley	42	(15)
Taft Point and the Fissures	44	(2)
Sentinel Dome	46	(1)
McGurk Meadow	47	(2)
The Pohono Trail	49	(4)
The Panorama Trail---Glacier Point to Nevada Fall	53	(4)
The North Rim of Yosemite Valley	57	(16)
Tioga Road to the Top of Yosemite Falls	59	(3)
El Capitan from Tamarack Flat	62	(3)
Porcupine Creek to North Dome	65	(2)
The North Rim	67	(3)
Tuolumne Grove	70	(3)
The High Sierra Camps	73	(24)
Merced Lake High Sierra Camp	74	(5)
Vogelsang High Sierra Camp	79	(5)
May Lake High Sierra Camp	84	(1)
Glen Aulin High Sierra Camp	85	(4)
Sunrise High Sierra Camp	89	(3)
The High Sierra Camp Loop	92	(5)
The Southern Park	97	(28)
Mariposa Grove of Big Trees	98	(4)
Alder Creek	102	(2)
Chilnualna Fall	104	(3)
Buena Vista Crest	107	(4)
Wawona Meadow	111	(3)
Ostrander Lake	114	(2)
Ottoway Lakes	116	(4)
The Clark Range	120	(1)
Merced River High Trail	121	(4)
South of Tuolumne Meadows	125	(19)
Tenaya Lake	126	(2)
Clouds Rest	128	(2)
Tenaya Lake to Half Dome	130	(2)
Cathedral Lakes	132	(3)
Elizabeth Lake	135	(1)
Lyell Fork	136	(3)
Lyell Fork to Donohue Pass	139	(2)
Mono Pass	141	(3)
North of Tuolumne Meadows	144	(27)
Waterwheel Falls and the Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne	145	(4)
Harden Lake	149	(2)
Lukens Lake	151	(2)
Ten Lakes	153	(3)
Soda Springs and Parsons Lodge	156	(3)
Dog Lake	159	(2)
Lembert Dome	161	(2)
Young Lakes	163	(3)
Polly Dome Lakes	166	(3)
Gaylor Lakes	169	(2)
Hetch Hetchy	171	(11)
Wapama Falls	173	(2)
Rancheria Falls	175	(2)
Lake Vernon	177	(2)
Jack Main Canyon and Tilden Lake	179	(3)
The North Boundary Country	182	(27)
Saddlebag Lake and 20 Lakes Basin	184	(4)
Lundy Canyon	188	(2)
Green Creek	190	(2)
Virginia Lakes Basin	192	(2)
Hoover Lakes	194	(1)
Matterhorn Canyon	195	(4)
Benson Pass	199	(3)
McCabe Lakes	202	(3)
Peeler Lake	205	(4)
Two Famous Trails	209	(10)
The John Muir Trail	211	(3)
The Pacific Crest Trail	214	(5)
Appendices
Appendix A: Further Reading	217	(1)
Appendix B: Hiker's Checklist	218	(1)
About the Author	219