Best Easy Day Hikes Yosemite National Park, 2nd

by Swedo, Suzanne

• ISBN13: 9780762730544
• ISBN10: 0762730544
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-06-01
• Publisher: FalconGuides

Summary

For more than twenty-five years, FalconGuide has set the standard for outdoor recreation guidebooks. Written by top outdoors experts and enthusiasts, each guide invites you to experience the endless adventure and rugged beauty of the great outdoors. Best Easy Day Hikes Yosemite National Park includes concise descriptions and easy-to- follow maps for twenty-four short hikes on well-defined trails through some of the most spectacular scenery in the world.

Author Biography

Suzanne Swedo, director of W.I.L.D., teaches wilderness survival and natural sciences at universities, museums, and organizations such as Yosemite Association and the Sierra Club. She has backpacked the mountains of every continent and led groups into the wilderness for over twenty-five years. Her books include Wilderness Survival, Hiking California's Golden Trout Wilderness, Hiking Yosemite National Park, and Adventure Travel Tips (Falcon). She lives in Van Nuys, California.

Table of Contents

Ranking the Hikes	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Map Legend	p. 6
Trails in Yosemite Valley	p. 7
East Valley Floor	p. 7
Happy Isles to Vernal Fall	p. 11
Mirror Lake	p. 14
Lower Yosemite Fall	p. 17
Bridalveil Fall	p. 20
Wawona Road Trails	p. 23
Mariposa Grove	p. 23
Wawona Meadow	p. 26
Chilnualna Fall	p. 29
Glacier Point Road Trails	p. 32
Glacier Point	p. 32
Illilouette Fall	p. 35
Sentinel Dome	p. 39
Taft Point and the Fissures	p. 42
McGurk Meadow	p. 45
Tioga Road Trails	p. 48
Tuolumne Grove	p. 48
Lukens Lake	p. 51
May Lake	p. 53
Olmstead Point Nature Trail	p. 56
Tenaya Lake	p. 59
Tuolumne Meadows Trails	p. 62
Pothole Dome	p. 62
Dog Lake	p. 65
Lembert Dome	p. 68
Soda Springs and Parsons Lodge	p. 71
Lyell Fork	p. 74
Hetch Hetchy Trail	p. 77
Wapama Falls	p. 77
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