Yosemite Valley Floor Hikes

It offers a rare opportunity in yosemite valley.

Yosemite valley floor hikes.

Trail distance miles km elevation gain feet meters crowd factor scenery factor difficulty. Half dome is yosemite s most iconic attraction in all of yosemite valley. The trail to half dome from yosemite valley is an extremely strenuous hike covering over 17 miles. If you are planning to hike the half loop cross the merced river at el capitan bridge and continue by heading east back toward yosemite village.

1 6 mi 8 mi 2 5 km 13 km round trip 400 ft to 2000 ft 120 m to 600 m. Vernal fall and nevada fall trails. Yosemite hikes home yosemite valley yosemite valley. Lower yosemite fall shuttle stop 6 head west along the bicycle path until you see signs for the valley loop trail this trail follows many of the valley s first east west trails and wagon roads.

6 5 mi 10 5 km half loop 13 mi 20 9 km full loop mostly flat. Hikers gain 4 800 feet of elevation along the trail that passes highlights such as vernal fall and nevada fall before reaching the cables on half dome s steep granite. From the lower yosemite fall area head west by the base of the three brothers rock formation just past camp 4 eventually working your way through yosemite valley to el capitan. Hetch hetchy big oak flat.

It s only seven miles long and less than a mile wide but it ranks higher in scenery per square foot than perhaps anywhere else in the world. To hike on a fairly level trail with some solitude. Day hikes highlights gallery forecast average temperatures webcams. 2 0 mi 3 2 km round trip 7 2 mi 11 6 km round trip 1000 ft.