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| Hiking | 8.05 Miles |
2,140 AEG |
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| no partners | | When we were looking through the ours books deciding on Yosemite Hikes, I read, if you only have time to do one thing in Yosemite, make it the hike up to Nevada Falls. I feel like that was a very true statement. We did this hike as the recommended lollipop loop, starting out on the vernal falls trail which turns into the Mist trail, then continueing on up to Nevada falls, crossing the Merced river, and return via the John Muir trail until it connects up with the vernal falls trail again to return on. We stayed in Camp Curry so this hike is very convienant to that location. The hike up to Vernal falls is paved, and crowded, very crowded. On the return trip this section was insanely crowded, I did not expect this level of people. It thins out on the Mist trail, but still a good amount of people up to the top of Vernal Falls. Now from Vernal falls up to Nevada falls we had a very nice experience. Its alos nice to hear the crash of the falls as you go up the switch backs. once at top you get to some intersections with some of the longer trails John Muir, panarama, etc... its fun to see the backpackers go by. At the top of the fall is the perfect place to chill. The hike back down John Muir is cool too, to have a nice view of Liberty Cap and the Fall most of the way. We definately enjoyed this hike and considered it to be the best hike of our trip, this is also the perfect length for a nice day hike for me. Should also note that we timed this perfectly as it started thundering and pouring down rain just as we got back to Curry Village.
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