High Sierra Topix

Here are some photos of my trip. Backpacked up to Dewey, Crocker and Sanford Point, camped on Sanford Point. Next day returned to Valley and hiked the valley floor loop from the backpackers campground to El Cap Meadows and back. Third day hiked to top of Yosemite Falls.


Dewey Point



Crocker Point

Sanford Point

Swinging Bridge

El Capitan

Half Dome and up valley view

Upper Yosemite Falls


Yosemite Falls from valley floor

Thanks for posting the pics. Looks like there is not much snow up there.

Texan

Nice!!!!!!
Just waiting till Tioga opens - stuck on the East side .

Couple Q's?

Has the high water mark already passed?
Is the Backpacker camp open?

Beautiful photos. I love the valley floor loop. We make sure to do it every time we are in the valley. Great views and very few people.

Glacier Point road and Tioga road open toady- neither was open when I was there. Backpacker's campground was open, nearly empty. Four Mile Trail was not officially open but free of snow - probably open now. Yosemite Falls and Bridalveil are past peak flows. Not sure about the Merced. In the Valley it is fluctuating about a foot during the day. Still WAY below what it was last year this time. The walkway under the bridge at North Pines Campground is above water level. There is no flooding in the Valley at all.

http://cdec.water.ca.gov/jspplot/jspPlo ... ies=CDEC02" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Here is the plot for the Merced

Sorry - Tioga Road to open next week.

WD wrote:
Glacier Point road and Tioga road open today.

Yosemite NPS site tentatively ompening May 11, conditions permiting:
http://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/conditions.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Thank you for the great pictures! Where is the snow?

I just figured out how to load full size pictures from the new Photobucket, so here are the two of Yosemite Falls photos that got the bottoms cut off when I posted the trip report.

Beautiful photos, Daisy. Thanks.