...or the Rim to Rim Link-Up....or the Let's Do All the Valley Trails People Spend a Lifetime On in One Day trail...or the Labor of Love, as Rojo called it. What began as an idea a few years ago at work, finally came to fruition yesterday (when these snapshots were snapped). The goal was to go up and across the north rim, then cross the road and go up and across the south rim. After several talks we envisioned the best path: Leave a bike at the Mirror Lake bus stop; hike up to Mirror Lake then continue up the Snow Creek Trail; come down the Yosemite Falls trail and then cross the road and walk over Swinging Bridge to the 4 Mile Trail; go up the 4 Mile Trail to Glacier Point, then walk down the Panama Trail past Nevada and Vernal Falls; from Happy Isles walk back along the road to the bike parked at the Mirror Lake bus stop. A fully overcast day awaited us (but no rain) yesterday and by the evening it was a memory and a great story. I highly recommend it to everyone, with some practice first. The top postcard is one of the views from the north rim after passing over Indian Creek on our way to Yosemite Point: Half Dome rising with the Clark Range behind it- Mt. Clark, Grey Peak, and Red Peak with a touch of faded coloring. The second postcard is from the streets of the end of the 4 Mile Trail when it has leveled out and is turning a slight corner on its approach to Glacier Point- the whiteness is literally the low clouds we were in at that point of the trail and weather pattern. The final postcard is just a great view of the north rim and half of the terrain we covered from the Falls over rightward towards Indian Canyon and beyond- also a good view of some of the elevation gain involved. Enjoy anyone and everyone.
...or the Rim to Rim Link-Up....or the Let's Do All the Valley Trails People Spend a Lifetime On in One Day trail...or the Labor of Love, as Rojo called it. What began as an idea a few years ago at work, finally came to fruition yesterday (when these snapshots were snapped). The goal was to go up and across the north rim, then cross the road and go up and across the south rim. After several talks we envisioned the best path: Leave a bike at the Mirror Lake bus stop; hike up to Mirror Lake then continue up the Snow Creek Trail; come down the Yosemite Falls trail and then cross the road and walk over Swinging Bridge to the 4 Mile Trail; go up the 4 Mile Trail to Glacier Point, then walk down the Panama Trail past Nevada and Vernal Falls; from Happy Isles walk back along the road to the bike parked at the Mirror Lake bus stop. A fully overcast day awaited us (but no rain) yesterday and by the evening it was a memory and a great story. I highly recommend it to everyone, with some practice first. The top postcard is one of the views from the north rim after passing over Indian Creek on our way to Yosemite Point: Half Dome rising with the Clark Range behind it- Mt. Clark, Grey Peak, and Red Peak with a touch of faded coloring. The second postcard is from the streets of the end of the 4 Mile Trail when it has leveled out and is turning a slight corner on its approach to Glacier Point- the whiteness is literally the low clouds we were in at that point of the trail and weather pattern. The final postcard is just a great view of the north rim and half of the terrain we covered from the Falls over rightward towards Indian Canyon and beyond- also a good view of some of the elevation gain involved. Enjoy anyone and everyone.
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