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Stan4dSteph · 05-30-2007, 07:55 AM

I've done Upper Yosemite. It's a great view from up there.

I miss Yosemite.

MouseWife · 05-30-2007, 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Stan4dSteph

I've done Upper Yosemite. It's a great view from up there.

I miss Yosemite.

Is it a lot of granite or dirt trails? We've done a trail that starts a bit down from the falls but I forget the name. I am a bit clumsy and worry about slipping and sliding around....as well as I have a Boy who loves to climb rocks and at that altitude....yikes!

Not Afraid · 05-30-2007, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Stan4dSteph

I've done Upper Yosemite. It's a great view from up there.

I miss Yosemite.

Upper Yosemite is a great hike - if you like switchbacks. I haven't done it since I was a kid, but the views are incredible.

MouseWife · 05-30-2007, 09:33 AM

Switchbacks drive the family crazy but I see them as a means to an end.

innerSpaceman · 05-30-2007, 11:44 AM

Upper Yosemite Trail starts with a million small switchbacks. It was one of the earliest trails, and that was the height of trailblazing tech back then.

They are annoying.

There's a great view from Columbia Rock at the top of the switchbacks, just before the trail curves inward to head towards the base of Upper Yosemite Fall. The base of that Fall is the furtherest I've gone (with rock scrambling to the small cave right behind the Fall's strike point - when the water was a trickle - - - not to be attempted when the Falls are full).

Also not to be attempted by me - is the trek onward toward the top of Upper Yosemite. From the base, I once saw a man plummet from the top to his gruesome death (hence my nickname of Death Falls) ... and I will go no further on that trail towards the top.

Did I mention the switchbacks are a PITA???

Alex · 05-30-2007, 11:54 AM

The second part of the ascent is all switchbacks too. 65 of them. Through rockpile.

I was lagging behind anyway and when I got into that the rewards seemed to diminish to the point I talked myself into turning around, happy with the view I showed above. Kind of regretting it now, but I'll go back someday.

Ghoulish Delight · 05-30-2007, 12:42 PM

Oh man, that was a gruelling climb, even for a relatively in shape (though asthmatic) 18 year old. But well worth it.

Chernabog · 05-30-2007, 02:53 PM

I don't want to look through 79 pages of thread. Did we discuss what hikes we wanted to do in Sequoia? I would actually really like to look at the Crystal Caves, since I didn't do that last time I was there.... I think they have guided tours every hour or two, but I'll have to check into how to sign up.

Capt Jack · 05-30-2007, 02:54 PM

uh...we're not planning on doing one of those survival treks, are we?

Alex · 05-30-2007, 03:05 PM

I don't think anything has to be done by everybody.

Last time I was there the Crystal Caves tours were selling out pretty early and it was in early May. Mid summer is probably pretty busy. So if it goes on the calendar it should probably be early on in the day.

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05-30-2007, 07:55 AM	#781
Stan4dSteph Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: East Bay Area, CA Posts: 3,156	I've done Upper Yosemite. It's a great view from up there. I miss Yosemite.
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05-30-2007, 09:33 AM	#784
MouseWife Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Da' Beach Posts: 2,957	Switchbacks drive the family crazy but I see them as a means to an end. __________________ Summa' time....when the livins' easy.........
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05-30-2007, 11:44 AM	#785
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Upper Yosemite Trail starts with a million small switchbacks. It was one of the earliest trails, and that was the height of trailblazing tech back then. They are annoying. There's a great view from Columbia Rock at the top of the switchbacks, just before the trail curves inward to head towards the base of Upper Yosemite Fall. The base of that Fall is the furtherest I've gone (with rock scrambling to the small cave right behind the Fall's strike point - when the water was a trickle - - - not to be attempted when the Falls are full). Also not to be attempted by me - is the trek onward toward the top of Upper Yosemite. From the base, I once saw a man plummet from the top to his gruesome death (hence my nickname of Death Falls) ... and I will go no further on that trail towards the top. Did I mention the switchbacks are a PITA???
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05-30-2007, 11:54 AM	#786
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	The second part of the ascent is all switchbacks too. 65 of them. Through rockpile. I was lagging behind anyway and when I got into that the rewards seemed to diminish to the point I talked myself into turning around, happy with the view I showed above. Kind of regretting it now, but I'll go back someday.
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05-30-2007, 12:42 PM	#787
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Oh man, that was a gruelling climb, even for a relatively in shape (though asthmatic) 18 year old. But well worth it. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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05-30-2007, 02:53 PM	#788
Chernabog Biophage Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Moon Posts: 2,679	I don't want to look through 79 pages of thread. Did we discuss what hikes we wanted to do in Sequoia? I would actually really like to look at the Crystal Caves, since I didn't do that last time I was there.... I think they have guided tours every hour or two, but I'll have to check into how to sign up. __________________ And they say back then our universe Was a coal black egg Until the god inside Burst out and from its shattered shell He made what became the world we know ~ Bjork (Cosmogony)
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05-30-2007, 02:54 PM	#789
Capt Jack check your head Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,174	uh...we're not planning on doing one of those survival treks, are we? __________________ a clear conscience is a sure sign of a fuzzy memory
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05-30-2007, 03:05 PM	#790
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I don't think anything has to be done by everybody. Last time I was there the Crystal Caves tours were selling out pretty early and it was in early May. Mid summer is probably pretty busy. So if it goes on the calendar it should probably be early on in the day.
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