Drive Time: 4 hours

Distance: 450 miles RT

Wilderness Permit: Self Issue at Visitor Center

Base Campground: Sunnyside (“Camp 4”)

http://www.nps.gov/yose/

Wilderness Information: (209) 372-0745.

Wilderness Permit Reservations: (209) 372-0740

General Info: (209) 372-0200

Yosemite National Park, P.O. Box 577, Yosemite, CA 95389

Driving Route:

Tricky intersections:

·        880 exit for 238 connector to 580 -- only one lane serves this exit and if there is traffic it will backup

·        I5 to 120 -- you are on I5 very briefly, make sure to take the 120 exit.

·        120-108 split: make sure to take 120 towards Chinese Camp

Winter closures:

Carry Chains

            Dinner suggestions:

Oakdale has a Mountain Mike's Pizza (visible as you enter Oakdale) & a Mexican restaurant (go 1 block past the turn for 120 and turn right).

Hiking Route:

Route requires strong Nav skills once more than 1 foot of snow pack obscures the trail.

If you have 2 vehicles, shuttle one up to one of the eastern campgrounds (ask rangers for what's o.k.)

½ day:

Sunnyside Campground to Yosemite point.  This is a steep, dramatic ascent up the N. wall of the valley near Yosemite Falls.  You gain ~3,000 feet over ~ 3.5 trail miles.

½ day:

Yosemite Point to Indian Ridge.  A long walk through beautiful Yosemite woods.  Camp on the lower part of Indian ridge over looking North Dome, Half Dome, and Mt. Star King.

1.5 hour:

Check out North Dome and the view of Cloud’s Rest over Tenaya Canyon.

Full Day:

Ascend Indian ridge, link up with the Snow Creek trail, and descend into the cedars of Tenaya canyon.  Walk the valley back to Sunnyside or catch a shuttle.