Yosemite Itinerary:
Park transit buses run 0700-2200; rt. map in the the “Yosemite Today”
Free internet access in Yosemite Valley @ public library (M-Th) in the Girl’s Club Bldg; Also in Bassett Memorial Library in Wawona (M-Sa) – less crowded.
Day 1:
- Fresno airport
- Drive to Yosemite : approx 82 miles (estim. under 2 hrs)
- Stay at a condo at Scenic Wonders
- Tunnel View (on Wawona Rd [Hwy 41])
- Cruise the Yosemite Valley on Northside and Southside Dr.
o Bridalveil falls
o El Capitan Viewpoint
o Lower Yosemite Falls
o Valley View
- Get groceries at Village Store in Yosemite Village
- Other stuff in Yosemite Village
o Visitor center
o Ansel Adams Gallery
o Wilderness Center
o Yosemite Museum
o Ahwahnee Hotel – known for it’s architecture
Day 2:
- Tuolumne Meadows
- Take Tioga Rd (Hwy 120) east; stop at Olmsted Point; continue east and stop at Visitor’s center for maps; see main meadow; park at Dog Lake trailhead; hike to Lembert Dome then to Dog Lake
- Can continue driving east to Tioga Pass if have time
Day 3:
- Day trip to Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks
- Kings canyon: General Grant Grove (Gen. G tree), Scenic drive thru Cedar Grove if have time
- Sequoia: Giant Forest (General Sherman tree – world’s largest by volume); (Tharp’s log); hike to Moro Rock; Crystal Cave (buy tickets at Lodgepole or Foothills visitor centers)
Day 4:
- Day hike to Half Dome
o 17 miles roundtrip with 4800ft elevation – has a 2000ft north face sheer drop off; plan to start on trail by 0600
o estimate 9-12 hrs
o need gloves for steel cables
o flash lights/head lamps; pack lots of food/camelbacks
o Start trail @ Happy Isles (may have to hike an extra mile from Curry Village Merced River , turn right, follow riverbank upstream. At junction of John Muir and Mist trails – turn right onto John Muir trail.
o Clark Point; pass junction of Panorama trail; continue on John Muir trail to Nevada Falls (3.5 miles from Happy Isles); continue on to Little Yosemite Valley Campgrounds (bathroom break!!)
o Continue on John Muir trail which turns North (left); 1.3 miles to junction of Half Dome trail; take left fork onto Half Dome trail (2 miles from summit); multiple switchbacks to the NE shoulder (7600ft); continue to base of the cables
o Give Rose some Ativan so she can make it up the cables! Ascend twin steel cables (gloves) bolted into the granite; 600ft ascent up 45 degree rock face
o Summit
o On return trip: take John Muir trail to Mist Trail (before Nevada Falls Merced River at Silver Apron and continue along the Emerald Pool to Vernal Falls Vernal Falls
Day 5:
- Day trip to wine country
Day 6:
- Glacier Point
- Hwy 41 to Glacier Point Rd; Washburn point (for Rose’s picture taking); Glacier Point viewpoint; see Overhanging Rock.
- Drive back down to trailhead of Sentinal Dome (has parking lot) – go to the right of trailhead; 2.2 miles; 370ft elevation change
- Return back and head to Taft point and the Fissures (left from the trailhead); 2.2 miles from trailhead; 250ft elevation change
- Can take the rest of the day seeing missed in Yosemite Village
Day 7:
- Raft down Merced River; raft rentals @ Curry Village Sentinel Bridge
- Spend rest of day at Mariposa Grove; see Grizzly Giant, (2700 yrs old), California Tunnel Tree, Wawona Tunnel Tree, Wawona Point
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