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Yosemite backpacking ideas Posted on December 28, 2022 00:11:50.

Yosemite Backpacking Ideas

Moderate

1.) Glen Aulin from Tuolumne Meadows with day hike to Waterwheel Falls, 5.3 mi, -800', at least 2 nights
2.) Glen Aulin shuttle from Tuolumne Meadows to May Lake via Polly Dome Lakes with day hike to Waterwheel Falls, 14.2 mi, +800', -1900', at least 3 nights
3.) Lukens Trailhead on Tioga Road down Yosemite Creek to Yosemite Point, 8 mi, -1500', at least 2 nights
4.) Ostrander Lake, 5.5 mi, 1500', at least 1 night; or cross country ski to hut in winter with skins and bowl ski instead, 10 mi, 2500'?
5.) Yosemite Creek from Tioga Road to Upper Yosemite Falls with day hike to North Dome camping at confluence with Eagle Peak Creek, 5 mi, -600', at least 2 nights
6.) Young Lakes via Dog Lake with day hike to 10,000'+ class II Ragged Peak, 5.8 mi, 1100', at least 2 nights

Hard

7.) Chilnualna Falls and Lake, 10 mi, 4300'
8.) Glacier Point shuttle down to Illilouette Falls and Happy Isles, 7 mi, -3900'
9.) Happy Isles to Illilouette Falls, 4.8 mi, 2600'
10.) May Lake shuttle down Snow Creek to Mirror Lake
11.) Mirror Lake shuttle up Snow creek to Tioga Road, 8 mi, 4500'
12.) Ten Lakes and Grant Lakes, 5.8 mi, 2000'

Already Done

13.) Yosemite Falls from the valley
14.) Cathedral Lakes shuttle to Sunrise Lake
15.) Lyell Canyon to Donohue Pass
16.) Vogelsang
17.) May Lake to Polly Dome Lakes and Mt. Hoffman
18.) Mono/Parker Pass
19.) Murphy Creek to May Lake via Polly Dome Lakes