Yosemite Backpackers Camp
Day 1 - Little Yosemite Valley
4.4 miles, 2436 ft up, 379 ft down
Yosemite Valley
Being purists, we walked across the valley from the permit office to the Happy Isle trailhead
Start of the Trail
The Mist Trail
We probably saw more people in the first few miles hiking the Mist Trail to Vernal Falls than we would over the rest of the trail.
Vernal Falls
On the way up to Nevada Falls
Nevada Falls
Sunset at Nevada Falls
Day 2 - Half Dome & Sunrise Creek
7.7 miles, 3431 ft up, 1899 ft down
Back of Half Dome
Backside of Half Dome and the adjacent subdome. The light diagonal band just right of center that looks like it is cutting off the upper right corner of Half Dome is the cable section with a few people already on it.
Route to the Top
Climbing the Subdome
The Cables
Top of the Subdome
Choosing Gloves
Top of Half Dome
Note to self, use the grippy gloves next time!
Now What?
Heading Down
Day 3 - Upper Cathedral Lake
9.1 miles, 2836 ft up, 752 ft down, camp @ 6130 ft
Map Check
Yum?!?
Cathedral Lakes
Day 4 - Tuolumne Meadows
5.7 miles, 712 ft up, 1777 ft down, camp @ 7825 ft
New Friends
Our first evening with Ken and Jen at Toulomne Meadows backpacker camp. We met Ken a few days earlier after finishing Half Dome while eating lunch. We hiked the rest of that day and camped together that night but did not expect to cross paths again as he was meeting Jen the next day. They shared their site with us at the backpacker camp and we wound up doing the rest of the hike together. Meeting and spending 3 weeks with them was a major highlight of the trip!
